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Ask HN: Throwaway accounts and comments
I notice a lot of topics tend to have people who create throwaway comments to post something anonymously.
What if people above a certain point threshold (like 700) were allowed to post anonymous comments?
- melling 10y agoNah, you should always be punished for telling people what you really think.
- throw20180101 10y agoThrowaway is for when I have something that I feel is important, that I just have to say, but I am afraid to risk the fake internet points that I worked so hard for.
- atarian 10y agoThis was my impression too. I think if there was anonymous commenting with a high point threshold, most people would consider it more seriously knowing it was by a top contributor. It would also weed out most of the trolls.
- cauterized 10y agoTo me, throwaway has nothing to do with the fake internet points. It's for keeping my main account anonymous if I want to post a question or answer that could easily be used to identify me or link my primary account to one of my other pseudonymous Internet identities.