There's danger in speaking your mind on the internet when it's tied to your name. I dont want my employer and whoever to know my opinions on everything. I don't see why anyone would want that.

I'm not worried about HN, it's who else finds my HN account. It may be possible to identify you through your writing soon enough. And there's not so many software engineers in the US. Not worth the risk.

I don't see why making wild predictions is a problem?

I don't have any static social media accounts besides placeholders I use for work related stuff. Every 3 months or so I clear my history and start fresh. Paranoid? Probably. But I don't like the idea of leaving a digital record of so much of my life