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> For me, most threads get their own account.

This is a violation of the guidelines: "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."

It's also futile because you generate a signature that can be traced across aliases, sites, etc.

True, but it also assumes HN is engaging in this practice which is not a given because it's a rather unusual site.

If your point is that obscure topics are raised, couldn't that make you more identifiable if you have digital footprints on the same topic elsewhere?

HN also disallows post deletion past a certain period.

`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.`

This just proves my point to discount what you say. You're basically admitting to being a pest.

That puts some responsibility on you to provide more context for your comments as extra signals of authenticity.

No it doesn't. I don't care how many HN comments you have.

An extensive comment history signals alignment with the community.

More than that but they back up the things they say with something more than vapor.

You don't have to dox yourself, but people have to be able to at least call you out on consistency. There needs to be some indication that you're not _just_ a sockpuppet.

Otherwise I don't have any justification to engage with your expressions seriously.

What does it mean to be aligned with HN? Cause pretty sure I'm not that

All communities have rules of behavior.

Oh ok, I'm fine with that, but that newbie account is following the rules and being respectful. Same cannot even be said about some accounts with 9999 points.

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