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That account is actually a few days old. My guess is that GP does the same as me. Create a throwaway account, use for a few weeks, then abandon it to create a
by grog_tremor 4y ago
That account is actually a few days old.
My guess is that GP does the same as me. Create a throwaway account, use for a few weeks, then abandon it to create a new one.
This account I'm posting from is close to EOL, for example.
- slater 4y agoWhy do that, though? Edited to add, it's also against the HN guidelines: "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- throwaway5959 4y agoI didn’t and don’t do that. This account is 9 months old and my only account.
- slater 4y agoI was responding to grog_tremor.
- grog_tremor 4y agoI was unaware of the guidelines. For a long time I was only a lurker here. I won't contribute any other way however. Perhaps I don't feel comfortable having an "identity others can relate to". That said, off I go back to read-only mode. Arrivederci.
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoI do the same. Anonymity is important to some here and not others and I think that's fine, despite the guidelines.
- throwaway5959 4y agoMy account is 9 months old and definitely not a throwaway.