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Sure, my username is part of my actual name. I can still wish for a modicum of privacy.

If you find that so strange, read up on Scott Alexander[1], who deleted his entire blog when the New York Times threatened to publish the third and last part of his name.

I'm trying to keep basic hygiene, like not having *Hacker* News on the first page of results when somebody googles my real name.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#New_York_Time...



IIRC for Scott it was a professional problem: a psychiatrist's patients are not supposed to know anything about him outside therapy.




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