I love how anonymity engenders such honest commentary. When people aren't tied down to their reputation/ego, they are free to say what they really think.
Is this something thats specific to 4chan? I'm not aware of any other popular anonymous boards
What 4chan thinks of HN
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#12The Stallman interruptions to promote the term GNU/Linux are perfect.
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#13Thank you. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
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#14Wow, it's actually super funny, and accurate. Well done.
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#16I love how anonymity engenders such honest commentary. When people aren't tied down to their reputation/ego, they are free to say what they really think.
Is this something thats specific to 4chan? I'm not aware of any other popular anonymous boards
There are many, many, many other such boards, but none of them are very popular. Unless you like porn.
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#17I love how anonymity engenders such honest commentary. When people aren't tied down to their reputation/ego, they are free to say what they really think.
Is it really honest? Anonymous discussion tends to bring out the bigots - there's even some of it in the linked thread - but is it their genuine opinion, or could it be that it's just bored teenagers trying to rile someone up for a laugh?
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#18Very similar to the Linked List news parody [1] which was on HN a few months ago.
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#19Similar parody twitter: https://twitter.com/HackerNewsOnion