HN is a community. If users don't have some consistent identity for others to relate to, we may as well have no usernames and no community at all. That would be a different kind of forum.
Anonymity is fine, and throwaways for a specific purpose are ok. Just not routinely.
HN is a community. If users don't have some consistent identity for others to relate to, we may as well have no usernames and no community at all. That would be a different kind of forum.
Anonymity is fine, and throwaways for a specific purpose are ok. Just not routinely.
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