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Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by loup-vaillant »

esolyt wrote: post #122
bobsy wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My opinions change regularly, I am sometimes enlightened, I sometimes have a change of heart. I don't post with my actual identity because of this. I don't want a situation where someone stumbles onto an old post or where I played devil's advocate and I lose out as a result.

On the other hand, you are depriving us from the opportunity to see how your characters keeps developing and how your opinions change over time, which is actually healthy.

Maybe we do have this opportunity. His pseudonym just need to be old enough.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by gonehome »

simonsarris wrote: post #70

Yes, and for almost[1] all other things on the internet for that matter. "We should try to be happy, if only to set an example." -Jacques Prévert I try to be as open and plainly honest as possible, and I think using my real name keeps me from being inflammatory, and I think it also keeps other from doing the same to me (at least a little). Put another way, I think using real names makes an atmosphere of more empathy…

I have the same opinion and generally set things to public for this reason.

The only reason I second guess this decision is the idea of governments scraping social network data, when things are marked public you have little protection from that.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by cupcake-unicorn »

vinhboy wrote: post #154
simonsarris wrote: post #70

Yes, and for almost[1] all other things on the internet for that matter. "We should try to be happy, if only to set an example." -Jacques Prévert I try to be as open and plainly honest as possible, and I think using my real name keeps me from being inflammatory, and I think it also keeps other from doing the same to me (at least a little). Put another way, I think using real names makes an atmosphere of more empathy…

I especially like what you said about making your facebook 100% public to rid yourself of the illusion of privacy. I agree. If I am going to put something online, I expect it to be in the public domain. I do however try to keep all my online identities, although all real, separate. For example, I don't link my reddit account on my facebook. It's like having different groups of friends, you don't want to force them to…

Or delete your Facebook, and make an account just for following pages. I did it a year ago and I never looked back.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by justanother »

Hi buddies. I'm just another. I appreciate the karma-score I have received herein. Linguistic analysis will, in all likelihood, reveal my real identity, particularly for someone who shares my love of the Oxford Comma. My concerns are expressed elsewhere in this thread: What you say on the Internet will be mined years later and used against you, in the most convenient context, by your persecutors. The real Me has nothing to hide, holds no seditionist points of view, doesn't even exceed the speed limit while driving. If you click on my name, you'll see that my primary concerns are your blood pressure and how you manage your life. Much as I might enjoy publicly saying "look guys! I'm X, programmer of Y," the risks are too great, even if one is innocent of anything criminal. There's a lot more I'd love to say, but I'm pretty sure I've been clear. Till then!

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by ChrisNorstrom »

Yes but I somewhat regret it because Paul Graham won't allow us to delete old comments. Your HN identity is permanent. I personally think this is backwards and unfair to the content creators. The words I type I are mine. Let me delete them if I so choose to at a later date. Otherwise I'll stop contributing out of fear that I might say something I regret at a later date.

"Doesn't that prevent uncivil arguments?" NO. Anyone can make a throw away account and post garbage. It's just hurting the people who are contributing to HN as regulars.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by readme »

stfu wrote: post #43
flatline wrote: post #25

For some reason I'm extremely hesitant to post things under my real name. I don't really care if people know my name on an individual basis (and it's not like I'm a high profile poster anyway), but I am squeamish about it generally, and feel too self-conscious to post anything if my name is associated directly with it. I've tried blogging under my real name and always went back and deleted everything, it caused me to…

I've tried blogging under my real name and always went back and deleted everything, it caused me too much anxiety. Same here. Burned already 2-3 blogs that way. Absolutely hate the idea of somebody judging me by my opinion from last year. Much easier to start from scratch and create a new first impression.

That's why I disassociated my real name from my HN account. I realized I'd posted opinions using this account.

I own my .com and have some stuff on there. I tend not to post strong opinions under my real name anymore.

Though, there are a few things on the internet that might suggest my political views, you'd have to dig to find them.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by question-all »

gyepi wrote: post #129
gnu8 wrote: post #112

All of your identities are your real identity. I don't understand the question.

I'm going to assume this is a serious comment because I am familiar with the concept of people with multiple identities know a couple. For such people, the question may not make sense for the reason you state. However the question is not so much about identity as it is about ownership and responsibility for a persona and their utterances. Many of us have different personae; I am sure my family, cow-orkers and friends…

so far that there exists a "Deep Web" trust me, hacker news is just surface level bullshit.

Re: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?

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Post by gnu8 »

gyepi wrote: post #129
gnu8 wrote: post #112

All of your identities are your real identity. I don't understand the question.

I'm going to assume this is a serious comment because I am familiar with the concept of people with multiple identities know a couple. For such people, the question may not make sense for the reason you state. However the question is not so much about identity as it is about ownership and responsibility for a persona and their utterances. Many of us have different personae; I am sure my family, cow-orkers and friends…

Compartmentalization is a reasonable and prudent safety measure.
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