> I don’t want something gathering all my thoughts historically together and tying it to something else; nothing good comes from that; I’m not writing a serial novel.
Yeah but you should want your thoughts on a single post to tie together.
> Many years ago I had a user with thousands of karma points. I used to get really annoyed with other users downvoting my valid and thoughtful comments because it affected my karma. Despite attempts to rally the community around getting rid of downvoting, that never happened.
Sorry you had that reaction. While I get annoyed by downvotes sometimes, I've never cared about losing some points from the mostly useless pile.
You don't have to enter any e-mail address to get an HN account. You login from a (Firefox) incognito window and get your cookies deleted the moment the window is closed.
Why you're so afraid to let your ideas and views collect under a single account? Are they that controversial or are you weary of your own thoughts and don't want to see them again, or are you afraid to own your views as yours?
We're talking (mostly) tech here, and nobody is forced to comment.
This is why I said "We are discussing (mostly) tech here". I don't agree that creating a throwaway for every comment is "superior". It's basically spamming and it's even noted in the guidelines.
Nazi Germany & Jews issue is different. There's an aspect of forcing, and this is unethical and wrong on so many levels, and I'll just leave the subject here.
OTOH, from my perspective if you're afraid that you're writing a sensitive comment, you can create a throwaway. That's justifiable IMHO, but creating three accounts to discuss maps vs. loops, now that's different.
If we're talking about being ridiculous, bringing up Nazi Germany vs. Jews issue to a technical discussion is more ridiculous than the alleged ridiculousness of me asking the OP about their fears. To close, my questions was not to belittle or shame the OP, they were genuine. I'm not that person who jabs for giggles.
I don't know why you think tech comments are safe. Discussion any topic has a ton of side channel information even if you somehow believe tech is totally safe topic.
You assume that people who say the same thing, think the same way. Your assumptions about me lost you the argument.
As I said, I asked genuine questions. They might be blunt and unpopular questions, but they are questions, and it's totally OP's decision to answer me or not.
Yeah but you should want your thoughts on a single post to tie together.
> Many years ago I had a user with thousands of karma points. I used to get really annoyed with other users downvoting my valid and thoughtful comments because it affected my karma. Despite attempts to rally the community around getting rid of downvoting, that never happened.
Sorry you had that reaction. While I get annoyed by downvotes sometimes, I've never cared about losing some points from the mostly useless pile.