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People use throwaway accounts all the time. All you need to do is describe your skills and what you're looking for, as well as a way to contact you.
by diego 12y ago
People use throwaway accounts all the time. All you need to do is describe your skills and what you're looking for, as well as a way to contact you.
- jtheory 12y agoBut that loses the whole point of doing it on HN. This idea is somewhat cool in that if there were a few people who interested me, I could scan their comment history (or might recognize the username) to get a sense of their style of interaction, thinking, passions, etc.. A throwaway account means there's none of that; and unfortunately, it also means there's no way to distinguish you from someone who read an article and is posting their inflated self-description on HN along with 219 other places. I'd be curious to see a trial run, but I don't have very high hopes.