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Ask HN: Throwaway accounts and comments

4 pointsby atarianover 8 years ago
I notice a lot of topics tend to have people who create throwaway comments to post something anonymously.<p>What if people above a certain point threshold (like 700) were allowed to post anonymous comments?

3 comments

throw20180101over 8 years ago
Throwaway is for when I have something that I feel is important, that I just have to say, but I am afraid to risk the fake internet points that I worked so hard for.
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cauterizedover 8 years ago
To me, throwaway has nothing to do with the fake internet points. It&#x27;s for keeping my main account anonymous if I want to post a question or answer that could easily be used to identify me or link my primary account to one of my other pseudonymous Internet identities.
mellingover 8 years ago
Nah, you should always be punished for telling people what you really think.