Random Usernames attributed to posts

[mair.nl]

It's a simple security measure. Users post all sorts of information about themselves which can be aggregated over time and used to identify people.

Randomizing the attribution (of a username to the posts made by that user) makes that impossible.

Of course it does mean you have to engage your critical thinking faculties when reading: just because something appears to have been posted by Moe doesn't mean it is true or sensible. And just because something appears to have been posted by dolly_cat doesn't mean it is nonsense. But you should be engaging your brains anyway.

engage brains ????

[dolly_cat]

But you should be engaging your brains anyway.

Or if you're impotent, pay a hooker brain instead

[N4NC3Y]

It's a simple security measure. Users post all sorts of information about themselves which can be aggregated over time and used to identify people.

Randomizing the attribution (of a username to the posts made by that user) makes that impossible.

Of course it does mean you have to engage your critical thinking faculties when reading: just because something appears to have been posted by Moe doesn't mean it is true or sensible. And just because something appears to have been posted by dolly_cat doesn't mean it is nonsense. But you should be engaging your brains anyway.

I reported the bug and now you've fixed it. Everything else that has been said is just noise.

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