Comment on Identity as Collateral: Preserving Hacker NewsComments−jacoblyles17yIt would certainly be an interesting experiment for some social sites to make. I wonder what a non-anonymous 4chan or reddit would look like?−mahmud17yIt would be like real-life; anonymity is the third pillar necessary for The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory:http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/HN is the first "community" I have ever given my real name to.−e1venOP17yAbsolutely- One of the things I enjoy about the HN community is that is is, most of the time, much more like spending time at a school lounge, than it is like an internet forum.Being more like real-life isn't such a bad thing ;)−quizbiz17yHow would you enforce non-anonymity?
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It would certainly be an interesting experiment for some social sites to make. I wonder what a non-anonymous 4chan or reddit would look like?
It would be like real-life; anonymity is the third pillar necessary for The Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/
HN is the first "community" I have ever given my real name to.
Absolutely- One of the things I enjoy about the HN community is that is is, most of the time, much more like spending time at a school lounge, than it is like an internet forum.
Being more like real-life isn't such a bad thing ;)
How would you enforce non-anonymity?