> It's a pretty scorched-earth opinion on privacy I honestly always tought it was common sense. > None of this is to say that you should be a bad person onlin

> It's a pretty scorched-earth opinion on privacy I honestly always tought it was common sense. > None of this is to say that you should be a bad person online, or otherwise take advantage of anonymity. Being anonymous just gives you a healthy personal shield, and the option to "cash out" and walk away from that identity, if you so desire. I wouldn't call it anonymity. You can read all of the posts I've made on hacker news by going through my posts (although I can't really prove that to you). My identity just isn't linked to who I am IRL, and both aren't linked to my twitter, and the three aren't linked to my discord. That means that I can be appreciated and judged as an indivudal on HN, but it won't have consequences on other platforms. On the other hand, if I make a really really popular twitter post I can't profit from it here. As you said, it's of course not a reason or way to be a bad person. I just think it's important for me to separate my different identities.