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From the URL in your profile, you seem to do both of the mentioned things... I won't post links here but from the link in your HN profile (http://web-wandering

From the URL in your profile, you seem to do both of the mentioned things... I won't post links here but from the link in your HN profile (http://web-wanderings.blogspot.com/ http://web-wanderings.blogspot.com/) a Google search and thirty seconds or so of time reveals a Name, Yahoo account and Twitter handle, the lattermost of which (and a personal page linked from your Gravatar) both strongly tied to a particular religion. Is there all that much to putting up the thin layer that is a pseudonym in the face of that? (Hint: This is a new account created using an IP that isn't my own with no details given - it wouldn't (alone) be enough to hide me from anyone actively watching from HN's servers, but should stand up to after-the-fact checks...)

anonymous_cwd 14y ago
I only mention this as you suggest 'not understanding why people would do this', given you seem to do quite just that yourself.
jackpirate 14y ago
There's a difference between wearing you're religion on your sleeve (i.e. obvious to everyone without any effort) and wearing it on a necklace under your shirt (i.e. obvious only to those people to whom you show it or who make an effort to find it). GP apparently does the latter.
webwanderings 14y ago
LOL, you made an effort? I'm honored. But you missed the point. Google and Facebook have naturally and unnaturally coerced people into living a certain online lifestyle. I wonder if you know the history of Afghanistan's Taliban rule and their policies towards the Hindu subjects, and how they forced them to wear a cloth of specific colors so they can be distinguished from the Muslims? I am not making parallels but above is an example of unnatural and forced coercion into applying identities. The other is also unnatural but still a coercive strategy, perhaps just influential in method. BTW, based on your assessment of my online identity, did you think I was a Hindu or a Buddhist? Because I'm neither.

anonymous_cwd 14y ago

I only mention this as you suggest 'not understanding why people would do this', given you seem to do quite just that yourself.

jackpirate 14y ago

There's a difference between wearing you're religion on your sleeve (i.e. obvious to everyone without any effort) and wearing it on a necklace under your shirt (i.e. obvious only to those people to whom you show it or who make an effort to find it). GP apparently does the latter.

webwanderings 14y ago

LOL, you made an effort? I'm honored. But you missed the point. Google and Facebook have naturally and unnaturally coerced people into living a certain online lifestyle. I wonder if you know the history of Afghanistan's Taliban rule and their policies towards the Hindu subjects, and how they forced them to wear a cloth of specific colors so they can be distinguished from the Muslims? I am not making parallels but above is an example of unnatural and forced coercion into applying identities. The other is also unnatural but still a coercive strategy, perhaps just influential in method. BTW, based on your assessment of my online identity, did you think I was a Hindu or a Buddhist? Because I'm neither.