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HN Feature Request: Submit anonymously
Anonymity is (sometimes) a need. This feature would at least reduce the number of temporary accounts created just to preserve privacy or anonymity. Maybe only add this feature to users with karma > x ?
- mooism2 16y agoWhat's wrong with temporary accounts?
- ssn 16y agoDigital garbage? Wasting usernames?
- mooism2 16y agoI don't see that wasting usernames is a problem. New users are surely far more likely to be able to register their preferred username on HN than on, say, Gmail or Xbox Live. What do you mean by "digital garbage", and why is it a problem?
- ssn 16y agoBy digital garbage I mean information without any useful purpose, only filling up space. I assume that temporary account are rare at HN, thus this isn't really a problem. However, I ask - shouldn't this use case (anonymous posting) be accommodated by the system, instead of relying on a hack?
- mooism2 16y agoEven with anonymous posting, it is useful to know that the anonymous comments in the ensuing discussion are from the same person who made the original anonymous post. So I think pseudonymous posting is valuable, more so than truly anonymous posting.
- c1sc0 16y agoI would assume that most HN users would know how to hide their identity if strong anonymity is needed. I'd never trust a 'post anonymously' button from my logged-in account.