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Personally, I like not having to tie my identity to my HN account, and I'd like to keep it that way here and elsewhere.
by throwaway743 5y ago
Personally, I like not having to tie my identity to my HN account, and I'd like to keep it that way here and elsewhere.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoSame here. Besides, what I type here today may not be controversial at all, but who knows how activists will change what society sees as acceptable vs problematic? All it would take is one motivated activist to dig through my comment history and find something to get me cancelled in the future.
- xkcd-sucks 5y ago"Enterprise software is totally fucked and working on it sucks, and b2b sales people are lying sociopaths. I just want to make more money with less effort and don't care about half-baked mission statements" If I weren't anonymous this could make me unemployable
- AndyNemmity 5y agoExactly. The net result is a complete hiding of the truth. Everywhere you go would be marketing vs. truth, because the truth is too dangerous.