Comment by bluebarbet

Comment by bluebarbet 5 hours ago

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My point is that the primary content at the top of the page has a byline. It's already vouched for, somewhat, by the reputation of the domain, or publication, or author. We have an idea of whether to spend our time investigating further. By contrast my rando comment (or yours) has nothing to recommend it but some opaque username. That's why I (and I'm betting most people) will scroll right past the "autistic weirdo"'s wall of text. And why I personally choose to try not to write that text.

walterbell an hour ago

> nothing to recommend it but some opaque username

Persistent usernames enable history of community contribution and reception.