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Wow, one of the few personalities to ever remain truly anonymous on the Internet vanishes in a day. Sad sad day. :(
by asenchi 17y ago
Wow, one of the few personalities to ever remain truly anonymous on the Internet vanishes in a day. Sad sad day. :(
- gaius 17y agoNo, his real name has been on HN before.
- asenchi 17y agoDo you have a link for this, as far as I know, no one knows his real name, job, etc.
- alex_c 17y agoThe link I saw was removed by the poster pretty quickly, out of respect for his privacy. I'm sure you could find it, but... why?
- gaius 17y agoI'm not going to spoil things, but it is findable.
- octover 17y agoDo you think maybe his mom or someone might know his real name? There are people in the community that know his real name, but out of respect for his desired privacy, to let the art itself be famous instead of the artist simply refer to him as _why.
- burke 17y agohttp://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1507505 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1507505 Though I'm not entirely certain the authors didn't just make up a name to fit the citation style. I don't see any reason why they would have any information the internet at large doens't.
- mcantelon 17y agoDoing a search for "ruby Malsky" brings up _why stuff. I think Malsky is a character in some of _why's works.
- scythe 17y agoWhat about moot and weev? They're not members of the open source community, but they are notorious.
- asenchi 17y agomoot's identity was revealed. weev I've not seen any proof yet that he's been outed. I'll correct my post.
- kinghajj 17y agoIf you're referring to moot's supposed identity "Christopher Poole," you're wrong. There's no verification that that is his real name, and I think it's just a joke. Just look at the initials: CP. For those of you who are uninitiated, "CP" is a 4chan meme for child pornography, and is closely associated with Pedobear.
- unalone 17y agoNo verification? He's been interviewed, at his home, by multiple magazines. I recall his parents were interviewed. And I've seen him at panels: He's not like most 4channers. I doubt he'd pull an elaborate prank. On the other hand, 4channers are retarded enough to assume he would.
- alex_c 17y agoIs there any reason to believe that Time, WSJ, etc., DIDN'T do any fact checking on the name they printed?
- rms 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moot_(4chan)#moot.27s_identity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moot_(4chan)#moot.27s_identity Yes, they admitted they weren't sure.