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What makes this anonymous?

• capableweb 4y ago
  It's not that it makes anything anonymous, the usage was made for already anonymous spaces.
  • pmoriarty 4y ago
    What spaces are anonymous?
    • capableweb 4y ago
      Tons of communities on the internet allow you to be anonymous, is this news to you? HN is one of them, 4chan and Mastodon are two other examples, I'm sure you know of others too.
      • makeworld 4y ago
        pseudonymous != anonymous
        • capableweb 4y ago
          "anonymous" as in the real identity is unknown. You can literally post on 4chan without a account. On HN you can create account for each comment you make.
          • pmoriarty 4y ago
            That doesn't mean your real identity is unknown.
            • capableweb 4y ago
              That's always up to you of course. But it's different compared to say Facebook that forces you to use your real identity, and will work against you if you want to remain anonymous.
              • pmoriarty 4y ago
                Even if you want to remain anonymous and don't deliberately reveal your identity you can almost always be identified anyway. That's why services like HN aren't truly anonymous but pseudonymous. It takes a lot of effort, a lot of knowledge and a lot of luck to stay truly anonymous on the internet... especially in the long run. The only way to be sure you're never identified on the internet is to never use it at all.