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Every time you post...with a brand new account? You don't even have any submissions, yet.

• zamadatix 3y ago
  Some folks cycle throwaways over time instead of allowing a consistent identity to be built. The guidelines request nicely against doing so but some always do anyways of course.
  • nvy 3y ago
    That's because HN prioritizes aesthetics over privacy and won't allow you to delete your account and all its comments.
    • zamadatix 3y ago
      Being able to delete an account allows you to decide to remove your information from the site after a certain point. Cycling accounts is about not letting someone who looks at a single account at any time find enough information to piece together your identity at any point. Both are privacy related but the former is not a lead-in to the latter. As one who'd also like to see the ability to fully delete your HN account for privacy reasons I still think summarizing the alternative reasons as only aesthetics sells the counterarguments a bit short... ... but overall I'm getting myself and the whole conversation extremely off topic here. Probably best to discuss this in a thread about privacy on HN instead of one on robocallers.
  • sumtechguy 3y ago
    doesnt matter anyway there is a 'ai' that can troll thru the posts and figure you back out. unless you change the way you type and the words you use every time too.