Comment by DemocracyFTW2
5 days ago
> What's the benefit in the operator revealing themself?
That's a frighteningly illiterate take on this.
5 days ago
> What's the benefit in the operator revealing themself?
That's a frighteningly illiterate take on this.
I don't think that constructively answers the questions
It's an excellent comment on the attitude behind the question and this is, after all, a comment section not an "answers" section.
"No it's not"
See how that works? Flippant dismissal contributes little if anything to discussion and is a conversational dead-end
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What makes it "frighteningly illiterate" to ask "what difference does it make if they put a name to the post?"
Does it change the outcome? Does it change the ideas? Does it change the unsettling implications about alignment?
The internet is a frothing mob, look at the impact on Scott himself. Other than allow the internet to hunt them down and do it's thing or dig up ad-hominem attacks, what would change if the person put a name to it? Look at what this guy got from the "internet sleuths" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991190)
Other sibling comments made an attempt to answer those questions