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HN should just let you post under Anonymous Coward. It would save so many people the trouble.
by coderdude 11y ago
HN should just let you post under Anonymous Coward. It would save so many people the trouble.
- Anon_Coward_ 11y agoSorry. Next time.
- c3534l 11y agoYou don't want this becoming 4chan. Anonymous posting might not be the best idea.
- krapp 11y agoThere's little practical difference between anonymous accounts and pseudonymous accounts in cases like this.
- c3534l 11y agoThere's an increased cost (the time and effort required to make such a post) which deters it's casual use.
- krapp 11y agoYou're right, but that increased cost is minimal, and one many people seem willing to pay. I've seen green troll accounts pop up like weeds in many controversial threads. They're easy to spot because most of the time the usernames are thematically linked to the persona or the thread they're created for. Casual use doesn't seem to be deterred.
- c3534l 11y agoTrolls exist, but hacker news is no 4chan. I think it's enough of a deterrent to keep atmosphere generally constructive, while not eliminating all low-quality posts.
- b238sdfsa4912 11y agoYou're merely deluding yourself into thinking that some stupid voting system can eliminate low-quality posts. Using it to give higher voted posts more visibility is okay but thinking that these magic points are representative of quality is a stretch.
- c3534l 11y agoAs counter-evidence, I point out that neither reddit nor hackernews is anywhere near as bad as 4chan.
- 286991292 11y agoThe increased cost is not only minimal. It's actually nonexistend compared to a site like 4chan. You have to fill in a captcha for every post. Here you only have to fill a captcha on account creation.
- b433553434 11y agoAre you sure? I create a new account for every post I do after being "burned".
- 7444574445 11y agoIronically it's harder to abuse anonymity in /pol/ than on reddit or HN. Source: look at my username