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Good thing we can just make throwaway accounts to avoid being held to the community standards when we know consciously that we are violating them but just can't
by mbrock 11y ago
Good thing we can just make throwaway accounts to avoid being held to the community standards when we know consciously that we are violating them but just can't help it.
- jacquesm 11y agoGood thing too that it is fairly easy for the maintainers of the site to couple anonymous accounts with pre-existing ones as some jerks on one of my sites found out to their detriment. You'd have to be fairly adept at this to not leave some trace that allows one to connect the dots.
- dang 11y agoIt's the price we pay for anonymity—which, when necessary, is important—and for a low barrier to entry, which is what allows project creators to show up randomly and comment, often adding some of the best material to HN. Those things are so valuable that HN is willing to pay the price of trolls and other abuses of new accounts. A general principle is that HN would rather tolerate bad things than miss out on good ones, as long as there are systems in place to deal with the bad things, like flagging and moderation.
- mbrock 11y agoI totally agree with all that, for the record, and I do think the moderation works well.