My first BBS handle was my full real name, and I barely managed to purge myself from DejaNews before Google bought it, so I empathize. The modern internet has been a severe learning experience and, given how many replicas of HN exist, the cat is well out of the bag. Teach others to be more careful, as I do.

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testing22321 6 hours ago | parent [-]

100%

In 2012 when I started commenting here I had no idea it would lead to death threats and I’d have a two year old daughter.

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vlovich123 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What kind of topics/comments did you make that got you death threats? Really want to make sure I stay away from such topics.

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testing22321 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t want to doxx myself.

There is a 100+ page forum thread of people betting on when I’m going to die. Redditors have commented in public “I wish he did die”, etc etc

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altairprime 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've gotten several death threats for saying, at one point, that Destiny 2 year 1 was enjoyable because it pivoted the game away from loot-box gambling and FOMO addiction-driven player hours.

No topic is truly safe from other sociopaths getting their jollies from writing anonymous hatemail. Yeah, sociopathy makes it difficult to feel something, I empathize — but that's no excuse for them abusing their people-toys. Imagine Sid as an adult on the Internet if he'd never been scared straight: it doesn't matter what topics you play with to a Sid, they're adaptable and will find ways to issue death threats for personal pleasure, on whatever topics they find in the sandbox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKuMCJqdW4