Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by nkurz on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:31AM
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For starters, why did you choose this username? From your comments it seems like you've been here for a while. Why a new account?
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by whiteopinions on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:15AM
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Because I like the username. What's wrong with it?
>Why a new account?
Because I wanted the username.
Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by nkurz on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:57AM
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> What's wrong with it?
Well, it's certainly going to cause many people to discount your opinion because they presume you have an racist agenda. It looks like a username consciously chosen to create offense while being plausibly deniable. Please be cautious of causing harm to a community for sake of social commentary. Needlessly creating offense is a negative, but maybe you can figure out how to use the dissonance to turn it into a net positive.
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by nkurz on Thursday August 08, 2019 @07:58PM
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I chose it because it was first initial - last name, although I did have a tall German speaking friend who would always say "Nicht lang, aber ganz kurz" every time he'd see me. It took me a while to figure out what he meant. So depending on what you are into, maybe.