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0 sats \ 16 replies \ @kr 21 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: What's the deal with all the usage of @delete in x days on SN meta

i guess i first need to ask if you believe deleted posts/comments are a net-negative for Stacker News?

if so, would you prefer solving it with a different kind of payment (ex. flat premium subscription) or is there a non-financial approach you think would be more effective?

78 sats \ 15 replies \ @Eobard 21 Dec 2023

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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford OP 21 Dec 2023

Here's my question, and it is the question everyone should ask themselves when thinking about privacy.

Private from who? What is your threat model? Who is or could be targeting you? What are info are they targeting?

I don't expect answers but this is how I think about privacy. If my threat model involves nation state actors I can tell you I would not be using SN at all. I don't know the codebase of SN but if I wanted my comments to never be connected to my account... I would not use the site. I could never be sure that my comments were not preserved by someone and if my nym account was ever connected to my real life identity that I'd be safe.

These are very personal questions. Not everyone thinks about them. Many are new to the idea of online privacy and security. I don't see threat modeling and tradeoffs talked about enough. You are probably doing it right for you. I won't try to get in your head. I have no skin in the game.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Eobard 21 Dec 2023

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 21 Dec 2023

Please don't take this the wrong way but if you truly mean what you say. Protect from all then you should not use SN at all. I don't think you actually mean from all though. This goes back to my thesis that "the Internet is forever". I think that is the safest mindset to have when using the web. As soon as I visit a site I'm trusting the code, and the devs on that site. It is still my choice what to entrust them with but they already know some things about me. I can obfuscate it but when I start posting content and I authenticate we are on a new level of trust.

Just be careful. Not sure what as at risk for you. Maybe you know all this stuff. You probably do.

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 21 Dec 2023

Like I said, I don't live in your shoes. I get what you are saying. Do what you think you need to do.

9 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 21 Dec 2023

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10 sats \ 9 replies \ @kr 21 Dec 2023

good feedback!

95 sats \ 8 replies \ @Eobard 21 Dec 2023

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114 sats \ 7 replies \ @Eobard 21 Dec 2023

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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @kr 21 Dec 2023

i see, so at a certain point maybe you decide you want that comment to be an @anon comment? i think you could still receive the sats too, even if your name is not longer associated with it.

121 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bitman 21 Dec 2023

i think you could still receive the sats too, even if your name is not longer associated with it.

Wouldn't this have the potential to d0xx the anon though?

For instance, if I want to identify the anon, and feel that I've got it down to say ten possibilities, all I need to do is watch the Sat total of those ten Stackers, zap the comment/post a large amount, say 1k sats, and voilà - if their stack quickly rose whilst the others didn't - their anonymity has been uncovered.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 21 Dec 2023

i hear you.

it’s a bit of a hack so it doesn’t beat the privacy of posting from @anon right away… but maybe there’s still value in it for a subset of stackers.