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Re:Gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' by return0 on Monday May 06, 2013 @02:45AM (#5661182)
People on facebook barely ever have interesting conversation, exactly because of "what are your friends gonna think?".

Part of the reason HN is successful is pseudonymity.

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Re:Gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' by randallsquared on Monday May 06, 2013 @07:07AM (#5661758)
Many of the most interesting HNers have accounts strongly tied to real world identities.
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Re:Gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' by kaybe on Monday May 06, 2013 @07:16AM (#5661784)
But isn't it great that we can choose?
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Re:Gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' by return0 on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:17AM (#5662154)
Depends on one's definition of interesting. This very article is about a pseudonymous user. And you and I are too.
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