[energywut]

I create and delete HN accounts every... 80-200 karma. I don't have a youtube account. I don't have a reddit account.

Why is it so difficult to believe that there are people here who view social media as a harmful thing they try to mostly avoid?

[ninjin]

If the world is heading the way the US is heading, I may be inclined to start doing the same. This is the only "social media" account I have left, but if my freedom of expressing myself will be impaired by governmental stalking like this I will sadly have to "adapt". Losing my ability to help filter and manage by upvoting and flagging blows though.

[ProllyInfamous]

Become ungovernable...

This hn account is my only social media account.

I do not use apps, nor carry a cell phone.

If your parking requires an app, I am not paying.

Should the court require me to sign an affadavid stating I do not use email nor text messaging, so shall I attest.

Fun tip for ex-redditors: you can view multiple subreddits (without an account) adding `+` between communities within URLs, e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/hackernews+worldnews+dataISbeautifu...

[FireBeyond]

> I create and delete HN accounts every... 80-200 karma. Why is it so difficult to believe that there are people here who view social media as a harmful thing they try to mostly avoid?

I don't know that "resetting my account" is the solution to "harmful and I want to avoid". I get why you're doing it in your mind (and there's validity to some parts), but to me "I see social media as harmful" means "I don't go on social media", not "I keep going on it, just with different credentials every so often".

[cool_beanz]

I think it's about tracking and profiling? Not wanting to be part of that is a valid choice and shouldn't be punished in any way. Forcing a certain behavior or else you're considered suspicious is pretty twisted and dystopian. Not my problem whoever is doing this can't find a better way of separating threats from certain privacy conscious mental profiles.

[energywut]

Alcohol is harmful, but I have a glass of wine or whiskey from time to time. HN is my glass of whiskey.

I create an account, and delete it once I start feeling invested. If I can downvote people, I've probably ridden that account too long.

Once I start seeing the number next to my name and think "I should make that number bigger! This is fun!" then I've hit the point that I'm too invested. I'm letting the number make decisions, not me.

Then I delete it. I'll leave it deleted until I find a comment I simply cannot not respond to, and deal with being a green text person again for awhile. I'll get irritated at being blocked by default for most folks, and engage less.

It helps me self-moderate a slightly toxic experience so it's something I enjoy without it becoming a problem.

[redczar]

I’ve been on HN since the beginning. I’m on my 12th or so username. Like you I don’t have a Reddit, Facebook, etc. account. Social Media is a plague on society.

[Alupis]

The OP comment in this thread has an account over 13 years old. That was the point when they said they didn't have any social media accounts.

[TZubiri]

I think at this point the onus is on you to provide some form of alternative. Can you provide to the officers at port of entry some proof of employment, or whatever?

If you are just going to blindly be indistinguishable from bad actors and do no effort in distinguishing yourself., then yea, don't travel to that country.

[maeil]

It's become very hard to tell whether this is sarcasm. I sure hope it is, though.