Great to meet you, Thomas! Welcome to Hacker News.
Thank you for the wonderful post- That's exactly the point I was trying to make in my article.
"I don't use my real identity on sites where I argue with others about sex and religion and politics "
People avoid certain subjects and behavior when they're using their real name and identity. They focus on building an account which will help their reputation.
It just so happens that the best way to do that is to civilly discuss news and information that's relevant to a Hacker News site ;)
If the goal is to keep conversation civil and on-topic, encouraging people to post under their real names, using their reputation as collateral, just might work.
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Great to meet you, Thomas! Welcome to Hacker News.
Thank you for the wonderful post- That's exactly the point I was trying to make in my article.
"I don't use my real identity on sites where I argue with others about sex and religion and politics "
People avoid certain subjects and behavior when they're using their real name and identity. They focus on building an account which will help their reputation.
It just so happens that the best way to do that is to civilly discuss news and information that's relevant to a Hacker News site ;)
If the goal is to keep conversation civil and on-topic, encouraging people to post under their real names, using their reputation as collateral, just might work.