Sorry if i'm going a "bit" off-topic, see disclaimer at the end. Remove pseudonyms to improve accountability and quality of comments... it doesn't work that wa

Sorry if i'm going a "bit" off-topic, see disclaimer at the end. Remove pseudonyms to improve accountability and quality of comments... it doesn't work that way on the internet, anyone could use a fake name and the only one that care about accountability are the one that have been treated harshly (in their opinion). No correlation to quality exists imo. And i agree, using pseudonyms is the only way to maintain confidentiality when for example you want what you say to remain inside a certain community. In my case, while i have no problem with the HNers knowing who i am (and would be also quite happy to meet some of you), i don't see why someone googling my name should know that i post here, none of their business. Disclaimer: I skipped the original "scary job hoppers/HN lack of civility/untested ideas to improve civility" querelle, because not being american i don't have a clear view of the job market there and discussion about lack of civility turn out to be pretty useless usually ("it's the internet,baby." it's usually the conclusion). Now i've spent 20 min or so reading marks' posts and some comment here... What i can add 10 days or so later? Not much :) Generalizing in that way/posting useless rant will always attract a lot of angry comments, it's correct and it's also to be expected. And no, there is definately no loack of civility on HN. Philk sums it up in a good way in his post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1401113 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1401113