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If I'd been a bit more awake I'd have called it 'anon' rather than throwaway (for privacy's sake), but I take your point and the reasoning behind it. Of greate
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
If I'd been a bit more awake I'd have called it 'anon' rather than throwaway (for privacy's sake), but I take your point and the reasoning behind it.
Of greater import, if you have something to say about my post, disagreement included of course, I'm happy to listen.
- rz2k 6y agoIn my opinion the widespread use of pseudoanonymous accounts on Hacker News prevents it from becoming like Quora, which to me seem entirely about personal brand marketing rather than an exchange of ideas. When people do identify themselves here it's almost always some relevant context. The move to hiding vote totals probably helped, too.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoAnonymous is fine, as long as you don't change who you are every week. That's usually what throwaway accounts are used for, and why I wrongly assumed that this user was using a throwaway account.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoYeah, apologies for that. I just went off the name and didn't click through to your profile and see that you're an established user. I think dang or sctb can change it for you, if you email them. You're comment was already downvoted before I saw it, by the way.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoNo problem, no worries. I never assumed you were the downvoter either.