Hacker News Reader

Comment by MyOutfitIsVague | Hacker News Reader

Been here for years (across many different accounts), and this is the first time I've heard of these terms. I am here for programming content, not business.

View on HN

Why should I expect anyone who openly admits to having multiple accounts on the site in clear opposition to the site rules to have any level of awareness?

I'm sure dang will come and ding me for this one, but I'm sitting here having my points undermined by literal sockpuppets.

Weird ad hominem flex. And "across" doesn't imply multiple accounts at once. People who register with their company email may be forced to create a new account when they leave the company (perhaps with sudden and unexpected loss of access to the account).

Here's the actual guideline (not rule):

"Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to."

People have commented both appreciating your clear definitions and calling you out for the condescension, with a perfect xkcd suggesting an attitude change. It's up to you how you react to such feedback.

I never have more than one account at a time. I can get addicted to social media, like everybody else, and sometimes I find that I'm wasting way too much time talking on HN (and sometimes having arguments). I also dislike a permanent backlog of everything that I've ever said being attached to me. When I feel this way, and when I feel like noprocrast isn't doing a good enough job modulating my addictive tendencies, I retire my account (locking myself out of it intentionally) and take a few months away, usually eventually making another account.

You're being needlessly aggressive and making some uncalled-for assumptions.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com