HN suggestion: Allow hiding username when commenting

5 pointsjokull2 comments

This might apply only to users who can also downvote (apply the same "good citizen" filter). I think this would open up a lot of important comments and good stories.

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fyi there's a greasemonkey script that does this, i think - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1201518 - although i haven't used it myself.

(i realise this isn't the same as changing the site, since you don't get a change in mass behaviour, but if you wanted to see what it was like...)

Some users have made it to the leader board and are already famous and we know their stories, other users can use a random username and put nothing in their profile page; how will you recognize them? (I think most users are already doing it)

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