[dang]

> Am I doxxing myself by using my last name as my username, or by putting my real name, current position at my company, and my email address in my profile?

No.

But it's clear that the term "doxxing" (which I've never used before and apparently can't even spell) is a giant distraction. How about we just stick to the point about no personal attacks.

[diminoten]

I just didn't see what happened above as a personal attack. He referenced his professional experience and someone provided evidence of that career.

But you're right, this is hardly an important issue to me and we could go on about "doxxing" for days, so I'll consider my peace made.

[SamReidHughes]

For what it's worth I read the tone of the comment quite negatively. So did the person that made the comment, given that they used a throwaway.

[mkal_tsr]

This is exactly what I was getting at, glad someone else saw that. I didn't see posting relevant credentials that are easily found through usernames containing PII to really be doxxing because it's "self-doxxing", and the fact that those credentials are relevant to the discussion.

This is the problem I have with HN moderation, they have rules that they selectively enforce but it's all built on their heuristics which they never flesh-out. Neither of us can go to a page on HN and run through a checklist to determine if content in a post will or will not be considered flaggable/bannable because it's a "closed source heuristic" if you will. There are guidelines sure, but the enforcement seems very wishy-washy and selective.

[SamReidHughes]

Afaict it's like, be a decent person, or at least try. Not sure why that's a problem.