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by jmillikin 1205 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

  > 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.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996295

  > dang on Sept 15, 2018
  >
  > HN can't be a community without members. Disembodied comments are
  > not community members. No one is required to use their real name
  > here, but users need to have some consistent identity for others
  > to relate to. Otherwise we might as well have no usernames and no
  > community at all.