Comment by otterley
2 days ago
Knowingly and intentionally sending false information or harassing people doesn't seem like the same thing as merely "speaking your mind."
2 days ago
Knowingly and intentionally sending false information or harassing people doesn't seem like the same thing as merely "speaking your mind."
Is your name Otterley? Tsk, tsk, knowingly misleading people on HN, we should criminalise that, don't you think?
I'm not holding it out as my real name.
That’s a good point that unfortunately does nothing to change the point, should we criminalise those who do hold their fake names to be real names, simply because it’s misleading?
There’s no relying on further harms, we have other crimes and civil torts to deal with those already, in this case the harm is deemed inherent in the lie itself.