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> I was told very clearly to never write anything I wouldn't want to see published on the front page of the New York Times. This is what I recommend to everyo

by lake99 14y ago

> I was told very clearly to never write anything I wouldn't want to see published on the front page of the New York Times. This is what I recommend to everyone. We can't trust Twitter, Google+, Facebook, etc. to keep our secrets for us. I mark everything "public", as a reminder to myself to carefully consider what I write there. I have anonymous ids to say things I can't be held legally accountable for having said.

aaronbrethorst 14y ago
Incidentally, this is why every account I create has my full name. It's a good reminder to me to always think before I hit "reply"
- illuminate 14y ago
  It's good to self-censor, but you can't always predict what others might be outraged by, take personally, or want to retaliate for. Plenty of internet persons aren't well off.
- lake99 14y ago
  As a reminder, that did not work for someone, and that's why we have this story on HN.
mseebach 14y ago
It's not limited to online services. It's "Don't write anything you don't want to see on the front page of the NYT", full stop. Your internal emails and documents can be subpoenaed or hacked or leaked. Also, your anonymous ID does not absolve you of legal responsibility, it just makes it a little more difficult to track you down.
- lake99 14y ago
  I don't rob banks, run a slave trade business, etc. I'm fairly confident I'm not an interesting person, as far as governments are concerned. If you want to try, I wish you luck in figuring out who my employers were/are.
  - danielweber 14y ago
    You would be surprised at the people who think they were just doing something very ordinary, when suddenly a class 5 media shitstorm descended on them, often because of circumstances entirely out of their control.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    "If you want to try, I wish you luck in figuring out who my employers were/are" If you say something stupid enough, one of your acquaintances will do it for us.

by lake99 14y ago

aaronbrethorst 14y ago

Incidentally, this is why every account I create has my full name. It's a good reminder to me to always think before I hit "reply"

illuminate 14y ago
It's good to self-censor, but you can't always predict what others might be outraged by, take personally, or want to retaliate for. Plenty of internet persons aren't well off.
lake99 14y ago
As a reminder, that did not work for someone, and that's why we have this story on HN.

mseebach 14y ago

It's not limited to online services. It's "Don't write anything you don't want to see on the front page of the NYT", full stop. Your internal emails and documents can be subpoenaed or hacked or leaked. Also, your anonymous ID does not absolve you of legal responsibility, it just makes it a little more difficult to track you down.

lake99 14y ago
I don't rob banks, run a slave trade business, etc. I'm fairly confident I'm not an interesting person, as far as governments are concerned. If you want to try, I wish you luck in figuring out who my employers were/are.
- danielweber 14y ago
  You would be surprised at the people who think they were just doing something very ordinary, when suddenly a class 5 media shitstorm descended on them, often because of circumstances entirely out of their control.
- illuminate 14y ago
  "If you want to try, I wish you luck in figuring out who my employers were/are" If you say something stupid enough, one of your acquaintances will do it for us.