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Re:How the online hate mob set its sights on me by garrettgrimsley on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @06:40AM (#10777146)
This is not Twitter, and the poster is utilizing a pseudo-anonymous handle, perhaps unlike on Twitter. They don't care about disseminating their beliefs here because they won't be attributed to their "real" identity.
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Re:How the online hate mob set its sights on me by jschwartzi on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @07:26AM (#10777303)
Or maybe they're willing to disseminate some of their opinions because they trust HN to not hang, draw, and quarter them.
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Re:How the online hate mob set its sights on me by garrettgrimsley on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @07:35AM (#10777345)
HN is not a black hole, information can flow out of it just as easily as it flows in. If they are careful to not disseminate their personal views on one public internet forum they should be just as cautious about voicing them on another. I believe that the pseudo-anonymity is far more important than the platform.
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