| ▲ | busterarm 4 hours ago |
| It's this account's only comment and was only created right before posting. It has no credibility. |
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| ▲ | jfoworjf 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| One of the best things about hn is that accounts are cheap and disposable. For me, most threads get their own account. I don't like people tracking my full comment history across the internet with it all tied to one account, even when it's just one I use to comment on harmless tech stories |
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| ▲ | ars an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | > For me, most threads get their own account. This is a violation of the guidelines: "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." | | |
| ▲ | caminante 36 minutes ago | parent [-] | | It's also futile because you generate a signature that can be traced across aliases, sites, etc. |
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| ▲ | busterarm 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | `Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.` This just proves my point to discount what you say. You're basically admitting to being a pest. | |
| ▲ | fluidcruft 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That puts some responsibility on you to provide more context for your comments as extra signals of authenticity. | | |
| ▲ | traderj0e 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | No it doesn't. I don't care how many HN comments you have. | | |
| ▲ | fluidcruft an hour ago | parent [-] | | An extensive comment history signals alignment with the community. | | |
| ▲ | traderj0e an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | What does it mean to be aligned with HN? Cause pretty sure I'm not that | | |
| ▲ | fluidcruft 41 minutes ago | parent [-] | | All communities have rules of behavior. | | |
| ▲ | traderj0e 35 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Oh ok, I'm fine with that, but that newbie account is following the rules and being respectful. Same cannot even be said about some accounts with 9999 points. |
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| ▲ | busterarm an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | More than that but they back up the things they say with something more than vapor. You don't have to dox yourself, but people have to be able to at least call you out on consistency. There needs to be some indication that you're not _just_ a sockpuppet. Otherwise I don't have any justification to engage with your expressions seriously. |
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| ▲ | LastTrain 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If they were motivated enough by this story to delete 20 years worth of history maybe they were motivated enough to create an account and talk about it? |
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| ▲ | busterarm 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don't care. The UX means I can't give it any credibility. For all I know this could be somebody's OpenClaw spouting bullshit. The default credibility of all throwaways is zero and that was even true before 2023. If you let it influence your opinion in any way you're a fool. | | |
| ▲ | linkregister 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | From busterarm's profile: "Most people are stupid and/or on drugs." The account is from 2013 but given that profile, I can't give it any credibility. After all, it could be somebody's OpenClaw having been granted control of the account. |
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| ▲ | djeastm 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They could just be very concerned with privacy. |
