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I liked this especially: "If you've got something to say online, say it in your own name or fuck off."
by pixcavator 18y ago
I liked this especially: "If you've got something to say online, say it in your own name or fuck off."
- lacker 18y agoSo is "Pixcavator" your last name, or is it P. Ixcavator?
- unalone 18y agoMr. Acker, that was hardly called for. Sincerely, U. Nal One.
- steveplace 18y agoOkay guys, settle down. --Steve
- simonk 18y agoNot his name; but, his profile makes it easy enough to find his name. So not a anonymous comment.
- pixcavator 18y agoIt’s an old handle. If I was to sign up today, I’d probably use my real name. I put info and links in my profile, as a compromise. -- Peter Saveliev
- tdavis 18y agoI thought the point of online anonymity was that it allows people to be judged based on what they say and do, not by their name, nationality, certifications, or whatever. Saying everybody should use their own names means you not only want to judge the opinions and actions of individuals, but you also want to judge them on a personal level, which should be irrelevant to... everything. Before last year I never used my real name anywhere online, nor did I use a handle which contained any part of said name. I wrote no differently than I do now and still hold the same opinions I did previously. Who I am doesn't matter; it never should, here or anywhere else.
- yters 18y agoInstead of tying a person to a handle, explicitly, each person should be restricted to a single handle in a community. If they misbehave in that community, the handle is punished. But, the person's actual identity is not affected. Of course, restricting the number of handles per person is pretty difficult without some kind of record of their real identity. But, there's a puzzle to solve!
- ntoshev 18y agoThe name is supposed to be an easy predictor of quality. There is a cognitive cost to read all these comments, you know. That's why you look at current karma of the comment and see if you recognize the nickname.
- tdavis 18y agoWell, you may do that, but I rarely look at the handle until after I've read a comment, and only then if I feel like making a mental note of who it was because I really like what they said or something. I don't feel like I know many people on HN mostly because it's more of a forum for debate than for making casual banter, the latter being more conducive to personal bonding (at least to me). On old BBS I used to know a lot of folks and met many of them, mostly because we spent the majority of our time exchanging witty banter and such. There are only a few names I recognize here, mostly because they have a tendency to reply to my own comments with some regularity or always post really insightful stuff.
- Tangurena 18y agoI ran for election last year. I plan to run again in 4 years. I can't post in my real name. While many internet posters tend to follow Gabriel's G.I.F.T., I'm not interested in doing so. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/