This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

I've known about sdf.org for a long time because they advertise in 2600. It's the kind of service that makes me so happy it exists to the point that it kind of makes me sad that I personally have no use for it :).

Re: This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

#6

Post by dmcdm » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 1:57 AM UTC

p4bl0 wrote: post #5

I've known about sdf.org for a long time because they advertise in 2600. It's the kind of service that makes me so happy it exists to the point that it kind of makes me sad that I personally have no use for it :).

Yeah, this gives me temendous nostalgia. SDF was my first introduction to Unix, must have been 12 or 13 years old at the time. I'm almost giddy when I find these sorts of early internet systems / services are still online.

Re: This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

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Post by dontbenebby » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:05 AM UTC

Is it not allowed to have an anonymous HN account?

Re: This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

#8

Post by dang » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:06 AM UTC

schoen wrote: post #4

Since this also mentions the HN account https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=voidnull could any HN moderator comment on the status of that account?

It's fine and was always fine. Probably it got affected by a software filter at some point when it was new, but a moderator marked it legit so that wouldn't happen again.

Re: This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

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Post by nemild » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:06 AM UTC

schoen wrote: post #4

Since this also mentions the HN account https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=voidnull could any HN moderator comment on the status of that account?

This was a previous comment from that user:

> Looks like the HN account is working again.

> There have been a couple of quick updates I posted on the linked page. First, SDF does accept Bitcoin for validation. Second, SMJ is personally upping the prize to $100. See the link for details.

> I am very happy with the result of this stunt. So far this page has gotten over 100,000 which works nicely towards the goal of driving more users towards Tor and SDF.

Re: This Page Is Anonymous (2013)

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Post by dang » Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:07 AM UTC

dontbenebby wrote: post #7

Is it not allowed to have an anonymous HN account?

Of course it is. We don't ask for names. We don't even have a way for users to give us their name, unless they choose to publish it via their username or the About field of their profile.