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Ask HN: Allowing anonymous posting on HN ?
HN is littered with burner accounts, people having difficult, sometimes important stuff to say, who can't risk association.
Wouldn't it be healthier for the database, and indeed, our sanity, if there was a checkbox next to the submit button, allowing registered users to make the post anonymous ?
- HenryKissinger 5y agoOpt out anonymity > opt in anonymity imo.
- dusted 5y agoPersonally, I don't care too much, I've never had anything important enough to say. However, it could be made so that the state of the checkbox is saved
- spcebar 5y agoFrom my experience: If Slashdot is any indication, the effort required to create a burner account is enough to create a healthier environment/discourage the most thoughtless or lazy commentary and trolling. When they briefly disabled AC postings there was an overnight shift in culture and attitude. Having a ten second barrier to anonymity is different than a one second barrier.