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I looked through your history but couldn't find a comment where you were being not politically correct, but I didn't try all that hard. Regardless there are cer

I looked through your history but couldn't find a comment where you were being not politically correct, but I didn't try all that hard. Regardless there are certain sentiments that you can't express even though they may be true, to me that is what "politically" correct means. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers. You can't even bring up the possibility that women are different than men as a reason there aren't more women in STEM fields without being persecuted, instead you get articles somehow twisting data to make it look like technical interviews are the main thing holding women back from tech jobs - this may be a small contributing factor, but it isn't a primary cause.

solipsism 10y ago
Um.... "persecuted"? HN accounts have full support for anonymity. Why do you care if an anonymous account on some board gets "persecuted"? Where "persecuted" means you might get a -4. This is about throwaway accounts (people creating accounts on the spot to say shitty things, while having their other account for non-shitty things, so they never lose points), not anonymity.
- throw_away_777 10y ago
  A lot of people's HN accounts, at least for the people who post a lot, are not anonymous. Alternatively if you post a lot it is possible to reconstruct who you are. If comments were being down voted you wouldn't see them at the top of threads - people use throw aways for anonymity not to prevent loss of points.
  - solipsism 10y ago
    A lot of people's HN accounts, at least for the people who post a lot, are not anonymous. So they choose not to take advantage of a feature. Doesn't mean one-time throwaways are a good thing. If comments were being down voted you wouldn't see them at the top of threads. This is irrelevant. It's about what kind of votes they expect to receive. people use throw aways for anonymity not to prevent loss of points I call complete BS on that. The most common reason given for posting with a throwaway (when a reason is given) is, "using a throwaway because I know I'll get downvoted for this". Alternatively if you post a lot it is possible to reconstruct who you are. Your only good point. Throwaways are the worst solution (of many) for this. Look at 4chan. Do we want to be 4chan?
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solipsism 10y ago

Um.... "persecuted"? HN accounts have full support for anonymity. Why do you care if an anonymous account on some board gets "persecuted"? Where "persecuted" means you might get a -4. This is about throwaway accounts (people creating accounts on the spot to say shitty things, while having their other account for non-shitty things, so they never lose points), not anonymity.

throw_away_777 10y ago
A lot of people's HN accounts, at least for the people who post a lot, are not anonymous. Alternatively if you post a lot it is possible to reconstruct who you are. If comments were being down voted you wouldn't see them at the top of threads - people use throw aways for anonymity not to prevent loss of points.
- solipsism 10y ago
  A lot of people's HN accounts, at least for the people who post a lot, are not anonymous. So they choose not to take advantage of a feature. Doesn't mean one-time throwaways are a good thing. If comments were being down voted you wouldn't see them at the top of threads. This is irrelevant. It's about what kind of votes they expect to receive. people use throw aways for anonymity not to prevent loss of points I call complete BS on that. The most common reason given for posting with a throwaway (when a reason is given) is, "using a throwaway because I know I'll get downvoted for this". Alternatively if you post a lot it is possible to reconstruct who you are. Your only good point. Throwaways are the worst solution (of many) for this. Look at 4chan. Do we want to be 4chan?
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