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oh no, not that. >Try not to assume that one angry reply represents a larger chunk of HN's readership. you get to have a thick skin when you are on an anonymo

oh no, not that. >Try not to assume that one angry reply represents a larger chunk of HN's readership. you get to have a thick skin when you are on an anonymous public platform. i accept that.... i live in a place where i have to actually assume malice on part of the government because the government "is" hostile against me. Again, this isn't some tin-foil conspiracy but as you might've guessed from my handle, its yeah... So that comment earlier and the current article about ISPs tracking users, this is primarily to catch critics and dissenters.

dspillett 4y ago
> So that comment earlier [was that] this is primarily to catch critics and dissenters. I was suggesting that the downvotes there, complained about above, where people disagreeing with this possibility, on the basis that it would not offer a practical amount of extra information (considering the effort involved) than already being gleaned with other methods they are already using. Not generally how downvotes should be used IMO, but it happens.