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Dan, each comment includes the author (swombat in your case). You don't need to keep signing them. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinat

Dan, each comment includes the author (swombat in your case). You don't need to keep signing them. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't sign comments, especially with your url. They're already signed with your username. If other users want to learn more about you, they can click on it to see your profile."

swombat 18y ago
I don't sign comments with my URL. That said, I'm afraid signing with my name is a habit I've developed over the last 12 years of posting online, and it would take a sizeable conscious effort to get rid of it. Since it doesn't bother me in the least, I don't. Why does it bother you so much?
- dougp 18y ago
  Because if people only know you by what you sign at the end of the your posts then it makes it very easy to impersonate you. Daniel
  - jamesbritt 18y ago
    Perhaps, but I think it adds a nice personal touch
  - ovi256 18y ago
    I propose that we all sign our comments Daniel from now on.
    - swombat 18y ago
      I second that. Daniel's a great name, a fine combination of 6 unique, high-quality letters. I'd love to see it written more often. Daniel
- pchristensen 18y ago
  It doesn't bother me, but at least once a week someone puts their name at the end of a comment and they get a reply with just the guidelines link. I thought I'd preempt those people and include some friendly context and explanation.
  - swombat 18y ago
    As you can see from my posting history I've been here for about 5-6 months. Haven't had that link pasted to me yet. Oh well, there's a first time for everything :-) It's very dangerous to parrot rules "because they're the rules". That's how totalitarian systems are built. I'm not saying this rule is, but many rules are nonsensical, destructive and limiting. I don't suggest you go on a crusade to question every rule, but at the same time, don't become a holy crusader for rules you don't even care about. The next thing you know, you might be telling some people to stick on a yellow star so that they don't hear it from the bad guys with guns who might beat them up. (woops, Godwin's law. Discussion ended). Interesting that someone edited my post above and removed the "Daniel" forcibly. Daniel
    - asdflkj 18y ago
      Yes, you have had that link pasted to you. By me. When you sign your posts. you waste time of people who read them. Your alleged free-thinking and anti-totalitarianism wastes others' time, for no reason. Think about that.

swombat 18y ago

I don't sign comments with my URL. That said, I'm afraid signing with my name is a habit I've developed over the last 12 years of posting online, and it would take a sizeable conscious effort to get rid of it. Since it doesn't bother me in the least, I don't. Why does it bother you so much?

dougp 18y ago
Because if people only know you by what you sign at the end of the your posts then it makes it very easy to impersonate you. Daniel
- jamesbritt 18y ago
  Perhaps, but I think it adds a nice personal touch
- ovi256 18y ago
  I propose that we all sign our comments Daniel from now on.
  - swombat 18y ago
    I second that. Daniel's a great name, a fine combination of 6 unique, high-quality letters. I'd love to see it written more often. Daniel
pchristensen 18y ago
It doesn't bother me, but at least once a week someone puts their name at the end of a comment and they get a reply with just the guidelines link. I thought I'd preempt those people and include some friendly context and explanation.
- swombat 18y ago
  As you can see from my posting history I've been here for about 5-6 months. Haven't had that link pasted to me yet. Oh well, there's a first time for everything :-) It's very dangerous to parrot rules "because they're the rules". That's how totalitarian systems are built. I'm not saying this rule is, but many rules are nonsensical, destructive and limiting. I don't suggest you go on a crusade to question every rule, but at the same time, don't become a holy crusader for rules you don't even care about. The next thing you know, you might be telling some people to stick on a yellow star so that they don't hear it from the bad guys with guns who might beat them up. (woops, Godwin's law. Discussion ended). Interesting that someone edited my post above and removed the "Daniel" forcibly. Daniel
  - asdflkj 18y ago
    Yes, you have had that link pasted to you. By me. When you sign your posts. you waste time of people who read them. Your alleged free-thinking and anti-totalitarianism wastes others' time, for no reason. Think about that.