Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN?
by mdaEyebot on Friday November 04, 2022 @07:11PM
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It would be a return to the norm. Parents used to warn teenagers not to give out any personal information online. Using someone's real name in a public online setting was considered gauche.
Maybe a generation or two of dredging up digital sins will get us there.
Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN?
by iszomer on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:53AM
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> An Algorithm will use them to divide society by using hypocrisy as a wedge.
Maybe I'm too naive to think this will never happen but people's opinions change over time: some get reinforced while others become irrelevant.
I like the theory that I heard on Wranglerstar a few days ago, that when Jesus gave his lecture about not casting stones... he wrote out the sins of those present in the sand, so that each person could see that he knew, and then he could cast that knowledge away.
In the future, everyone will see your foibles, and accept them.
OR
An Algorithm will use them to divide society by using hypocrisy as a wedge.