It's not "political battle" as no one is fighting anyone. These are discussions of philosophy much more than politics. And it's the topic of the submission. If the submission hasn't been removed, then it seems entirely reasonable to discuss the issues it raises. Entirely earnest and in good faith on my side.
Why do I have to keep track of my throwaway accounts? The whole point of a throw away account is to throw it away. My browser doesn't save history. I can't remember what my username was the last time I restarted my browser.
I could easily create throwaway accounts through IP proxies that would make banning/linking accounts very difficult. I don't bother because I assumed a high level of ethics and competence on the part of HN moderators. I don't want you to look up my accounts at all but I trust you enough to not doxx me.
The fact that you are looking up throwaway account users and linking it their other accounts seems like a huge ethical violation. I don't know why you would do it in cases where the person is not actually violating the guidelines except for the dubious throwaway guideline.
1. Please change the guideline on throwaway accounts. Since cancel culture has become a thing, any opinion outside of the orthodoxy is "sensitive." The idea that "users should have an identity that others can relate to" seems incredibly unimportant by comparison. HN is so large now that I doubt anyone but moderators can really keep track of usernames anymore.
2. Please stop looking up people's accounts yourself. And please stop threatening people for using throwaways to participate anonymously while putting forth unorthodox views in good faith.
3. Please start deleting identifying account information (IPs/user agents) after some number of days. Make it impossible for a future hacker (which could be a hostile state actor) to doxx people that used throwaway accounts.
Why do I have to keep track of my throwaway accounts? The whole point of a throw away account is to throw it away. My browser doesn't save history. I can't remember what my username was the last time I restarted my browser.
I could easily create throwaway accounts through IP proxies that would make banning/linking accounts very difficult. I don't bother because I assumed a high level of ethics and competence on the part of HN moderators. I don't want you to look up my accounts at all but I trust you enough to not doxx me.
The fact that you are looking up throwaway account users and linking it their other accounts seems like a huge ethical violation. I don't know why you would do it in cases where the person is not actually violating the guidelines except for the dubious throwaway guideline.
1. Please change the guideline on throwaway accounts. Since cancel culture has become a thing, any opinion outside of the orthodoxy is "sensitive." The idea that "users should have an identity that others can relate to" seems incredibly unimportant by comparison. HN is so large now that I doubt anyone but moderators can really keep track of usernames anymore.
2. Please stop looking up people's accounts yourself. And please stop threatening people for using throwaways to participate anonymously while putting forth unorthodox views in good faith.
3. Please start deleting identifying account information (IPs/user agents) after some number of days. Make it impossible for a future hacker (which could be a hostile state actor) to doxx people that used throwaway accounts.
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