HN is a community. Obviously you don't have to use your real name, but if users don't have some consistent identity for others to relate to, we may as well have no usernames and no community at all. That would be a different kind of forum. Anonymity is fine, and throwaways for a specific purpose are ok—just not routinely.
HN is a community. Obviously you don't have to use your real name, but if users don't have some consistent identity for others to relate to, we may as well have no usernames and no community at all. That would be a different kind of forum. Anonymity is fine, and throwaways for a specific purpose are ok—just not routinely.
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