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> trusted communities like HN Please don’t. I’ve been here for a years under different usernames. I feel more and more bots or other actors are starting to inf
by wasmainiac 8mo ago
> trusted communities like HN
Please don’t. I’ve been here for a years under different usernames. I feel more and more bots or other actors are starting to infiltrate.
- MaxBarraclough 8mo ago> I’ve been here for a years under different usernames The guidelines ask that you don't do this. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : > 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.
- direwolf20 8mo agoYou don't have to do things that other companies would like you to do, no matter how emphatically they are stated. Just the other day I replied to a comment complaining about how LinkedIn broke Google's ToS. As if that's somehow a problem.
- wasmainiac 8mo agoI’m not hoarding a library of accounts to abuse the ToS. My last account is on a dead iPhone somewhere. Things break or transfer ownership. HN accounts are quick to make, and I’m not one to collect internet points.