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It's a way to personalize your account and a way for people to easily recognize an online identity across comments, articles and communities. It helps you disco
by asaph 8y ago
It's a way to personalize your account and a way for people to easily recognize an online identity across comments, articles and communities. It helps you discover that @asaph on HN is the same person as @asaph on GitHub, Twitter, Stack Overflow, etc.
- huntie 8y agoWhy does it matter if they're the same? Identity is vastly overrated in my opinion.
- thrower123 8y agoOne of the features of HN is that identity is downplayed. Personally, I think that this encourages engaging with the arguments that someone makes, rather than who they are. It's also a throwback to the old internet where pseudonymity was normal. It's refreshing to see usernames like AdmiralAsshat and TooMuchToDo.
- java-man 8y agoit's a way to track you.