I don't think it's useful for what you intend it to do, anonymous whistleblowing. I trust nobody on the internet but especially if they are anonymous. If I te

I don't think it's useful for what you intend it to do, anonymous whistleblowing. I trust nobody on the internet but especially if they are anonymous. If I tell you that Paul Graham loves to torture kitten, why would you believe me unless I say it under my real name (and have some kind of proof) ? It would be too easy to libel anybody you don't like. Snowden understood that, and he had much more to loose than HN or SV creds or even his job. If he had remained anonymous, people would still doubt his revelations.