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”No association” and “I am not a representative” are quite different things to say.

by amszmidt 10mo ago

philipwhiuk 10mo ago
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- amszmidt 10mo ago
  An employee doesn’t act as an official representative of their employer nor do they speak for the employee in any official capacity. That is what the message says. The informal also didn’t cloak their identity (implies some malicious intent), they simple did not use their work email. Nothing wrong with that.
- conception 10mo ago
  I’m sorry, can you state which organization you are speaking for with this comment? It wasn’t immediately clear.
- throw0101c 10mo ago
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  - anonym29 10mo ago
    @dang, can we establish a rule that NSA apologists should not be doxxing HN members for the sin of advocating against the NSA's preferred narratives and worldview? Deliberate personal breaches of privacy against HN members as a response to the contents of their speech like this stifle free discourse to the highest degree possible and should be banned or at least harshly admonished, no?
    - throw94901ap 10mo ago
      It's not really "doxing" when the public username they chose to use is their actual name, leading directly to their github profile, and their arguing that you always represent your employer, even if you "cloak" yourself in an alternate name. Saying that it is a "breach of privacy" when the relevant details are being advertised by the person in question is silly.
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      - unethical_ban 10mo ago
        I don't understand why (ostensibly) regular users of HN denigrate the site with throwaways. The only thing separating this site from other trash on the internet is good-faith discussion, low trolling and the notion that people here aren't posting low-effort content with impunity, in my opinion. It's clear in this thread that one or more people are messing with the other user who thought they went overboard linking a user's profiles on other sites - a point that could have been made without the links included.

”No association” and “I am not a representative” are quite different things to say.

philipwhiuk 10mo ago

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amszmidt 10mo ago
An employee doesn’t act as an official representative of their employer nor do they speak for the employee in any official capacity. That is what the message says. The informal also didn’t cloak their identity (implies some malicious intent), they simple did not use their work email. Nothing wrong with that.
conception 10mo ago
I’m sorry, can you state which organization you are speaking for with this comment? It wasn’t immediately clear.
throw0101c 10mo ago
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- anonym29 10mo ago
  @dang, can we establish a rule that NSA apologists should not be doxxing HN members for the sin of advocating against the NSA's preferred narratives and worldview? Deliberate personal breaches of privacy against HN members as a response to the contents of their speech like this stifle free discourse to the highest degree possible and should be banned or at least harshly admonished, no?
  - throw94901ap 10mo ago
    It's not really "doxing" when the public username they chose to use is their actual name, leading directly to their github profile, and their arguing that you always represent your employer, even if you "cloak" yourself in an alternate name. Saying that it is a "breach of privacy" when the relevant details are being advertised by the person in question is silly.
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    - unethical_ban 10mo ago
      I don't understand why (ostensibly) regular users of HN denigrate the site with throwaways. The only thing separating this site from other trash on the internet is good-faith discussion, low trolling and the notion that people here aren't posting low-effort content with impunity, in my opinion. It's clear in this thread that one or more people are messing with the other user who thought they went overboard linking a user's profiles on other sites - a point that could have been made without the links included.