[wolco2]

I think he was lamenting the loss of priority of privacy within the general hn makeup.

If everyone took your advice no one would protest, write a political comment against anyone in power, take any position that isn't accepted by all and be ready to drop that opinion when society shifts.

You live in a free society. Use your freedom or risk losing it.

[asdfasgasdgasdg]

What is my advice that would lead to this tragic outcome? I'm rereading it and I don't see it. Do you mean my advice to be respectful of individual people who disagree with you?

Privacy has never been more important to the aggregate HN commenter than it is today. Moreover, nothing I said enjoins people from making political statements or protests.

[fomine3]

Would you say same thing for using encrypted communication app like Telegram, PGP?

[asdfasgasdgasdg]

Perhaps not. Private communication is more central to our national values than customized money. That's why only one of those two things is protected by the constitution. That being said, I don't think they'd really get far with such a rule, since any prosecution based on it would be easily challenged on constitutional grounds. So we will probably never find out what in fact I would say about it.