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Now there's a stinging criticism of HN. Sorry habosa. You're not popular enough to do disruptive things.

• ryandvm 11y ago
  Too true. I'd love to see what Hacker News comments would look like if all comments were anonymous for the first 6 hours...
  • patcon 11y ago
    Hm. That is an unbelievably charming idea for an experiment. Does HN ever do April Fools' day experiments? That would seem worth it for the introspective value alone...
  • malnourish 11y ago
    I think you should suggest this idea to the admins. I know PG stepped down but this seems like something he might have been in favor of.
  • bovermyer 11y ago
    I really like this idea.
  • Nemcue 11y ago
    I'll chime in with that it's an interesting idea, OTOH my gut feeling is that most people won't come back to read article comments after this initial 6 hours or so — hence you might as well essentially make the user handles anonymous altogether.
  • jeo1234 11y ago
    Just like that movie 'The Purge'.