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Comment by benterix

2 days ago

Honestly, having seen how it can be used against you, retroactively, I would never ever engage in a discussion under my real name.

(The fact that someone could correlate posts[0] based on writing style, as previously demonstrated on HN and used to doxx some people, makes things even more convoluted - you should think twice what you write and where.)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016

This is a subset of "I don't have anything to hide" argument - if we use our real names, I think we'll have more responsibility about what we say. Of course, that's assuming our seemingly democratic governments don't turn authoritarian all of a sudden, as a Turkish citizen, I know that's not a given.