[SomeCallMeTim]

I've read it. I have a copy of the PDF on my hard drive.

I called out Meetup's policy explicitly as a privacy problem, and I'm not arguing for reduced overall privacy over any aspect of someone's life they decide they'd prefer to keep private.

What exactly did you mean for me to learn from reading that paper?

[coldtea]

That anonymity is important and is not about "being a jerk on the internet" and getting away with it.

[SomeCallMeTim]

From what I read of that document, he says "People have these arguments against privacy, but they're wrong." But I get to the end of the article, and it never seemed to me that he really fleshed out the "why."

I still think it's right to support privacy. But I'm not arguing against a right to privacy. I'm arguing that if I want to put my name out there, I should be able to.

I'm confused why my right to want to promote myself on the Internet is being questioned (and downvoted above!!) on HN of all places.