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> What's the benefit in the operator revealing themself? That's a frighteningly illiterate take on this.
by DemocracyFTW2 8mo ago
> What's the benefit in the operator revealing themself?
That's a frighteningly illiterate take on this.
- anonymars 8mo agoI don't think that constructively answers the questions
- blochist 8mo agoIt's an excellent comment on the attitude behind the question and this is, after all, a comment section not an "answers" section.
- anonymars 8mo ago"No it's not" See how that works? Flippant dismissal contributes little if anything to discussion and is a conversational dead-end --- What makes it "frighteningly illiterate" to ask "what difference does it make if they put a name to the post?" Does it change the outcome? Does it change the ideas? Does it change the unsettling implications about alignment? The internet is a frothing mob, look at the impact on Scott himself. Other than allow the internet to hunt them down and do it's thing or dig up ad-hominem attacks, what would change if the person put a name to it? Look at what this guy got from the "internet sleuths" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991190) Other sibling comments made an attempt to answer those questions