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People on facebook barely ever have interesting conversation, exactly because of "what are your friends gonna think?". Part of the reason HN is successful is p

by return0 14y ago

People on facebook barely ever have interesting conversation, exactly because of "what are your friends gonna think?". Part of the reason HN is successful is pseudonymity.

randallsquared 14y ago
Many of the most interesting HNers have accounts strongly tied to real world identities.
- kaybe 14y ago
  But isn't it great that we can choose?
- return0 14y ago
  Depends on one's definition of interesting. This very article is about a pseudonymous user. And you and I are too.