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Comment by CM30 | Hacker News Reader

Nope. Sites like this and Reddit aren't places where I've ever become close to anyone, let alone become friends with them or ever met up in real life.

I think the format is just not well suited to making real connections between users. Everyone's just too anonymous and hard to recognise for that.

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I guess. I think it's a choice people make. I put myself out here. Am I a target now? Don't care. Am I worried if I will fail with all this? Nope. I'm simply been online and distant but now I'm just gonna talk to everyone and make them feel like I am a friend because I am the friend, that dude that's just there to say it when need be. Anyhow maybe we all are coming to certain realizations because of the toxic environment we are all figuring out why and understanding the root causes of things. In any case. I'm open get my info off my profile.

At least from my perspective it's not so much whether someone puts themself out there, as much as the format kinda treating the authors of comments as interchangable. Like, it's unlikely I'll recognise a name from a previous comments section or post, simply because it's such a minor part of the page and so de emphasised compared to what they posted.

I know that people here are usually not toxic, and I wouldn't be worried about sharing personal info that much, but it's just an 'all names kinda blend in with this format' thing.

I see what you are saying. And I do like that this place lends itself for such thinking and being. I am taking a new approach at things and just being available to respond honestly to everything. Just another dude here. Nothing to see.

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