Re:Some Tips to Improve the Civility on Hacker News
by ErrantX on Thursday June 03, 2010 @08:12AM
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pbiggar might have some insights here, his startup (newstilt) uses Facebook logins only for this very reason.
Disadvantages?
It's hard to do- how do you verify the names? Some people will post more insightful things under their pseudonym.
Take my example; I'm quite happy to discuss my work openly if it is interesting (which it has proven in the past). My pseudonym is very open and you can find out who I am in about 2 minutes; but if I had to use my real name directly I'm not sure I would post so openly about those topics.
Disadvantages?
It's hard to do- how do you verify the names? Some people will post more insightful things under their pseudonym.
Take my example; I'm quite happy to discuss my work openly if it is interesting (which it has proven in the past). My pseudonym is very open and you can find out who I am in about 2 minutes; but if I had to use my real name directly I'm not sure I would post so openly about those topics.