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Off-topic question: Why do people use throwaway accounts here on HN? Why is it so important that nobody knows who the real person behind posts is?
by cel1ne 10y ago
Off-topic question: Why do people use throwaway accounts here on HN? Why is it so important that nobody knows who the real person behind posts is?
- k__ 10y agoBecause the information people give away is more important than their identity.
- hn_user2 10y agoCan't speak for parent. For me, I don't care if people know the real person behind the post. But I don't want someone to be able to see a list of everything I have ever said. And unfortunately there is no way to do one without the other. Just like everyday conversation. I can speak without anonymity. But I would hate for someone to go look at some of the things I said 20 years ago.
- throwaway2016a 10y agoSame here.
- cel1ne 10y agoI understand that. I don't really mind though, because a) most people will never put in that effort to search my history and b) I trust that I will be able to find a proper excuse/response to anyone who would "attack me with my written history"
- hn_user2 10y agoCan't speak for parent. For me, I don't care if people know the real person behind the post. But that I don't want someone to be able to see a list of everything I have ever said. And unfortunately there is no way to do one without the other.