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by tredigi 744 days ago
That won't work because many people here post anonymously. They have a throwaway account and make a new one now and then to leave no trace to their real identity. Leaving an email address would mean having to maintain a throwaway email in sync with the HN account.

Nowadays that's even harder to do since HN shadowbans new accounts for a while. You write a comment and you are surprised that nobody replies. It's because nobody but yourself can see it.

Which, ironically, contributes to the issue disussed here.

I'm also using a rather new account, let's see if this msg actually is visible now.

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> Leaving an email address would mean having to maintain a throwaway email in sync with the HN account.

Apple's hide my email or DDG's email services are good for that imo.

> I'm also using a rather new account, let's see if this msg actually is visible now.

Take a guess ;)