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Exactly right. If you want to say something snark then human-up and say it, don't try to hide behind a throwaway account.

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Losing karma on HN means losing certain abilities though.

And if you happened to put your real name on your profile then you absolutely cannot mention anything like that.

I've never had any problem making critical comments about Heroku's load balancing design under my real name. I honestly don't know what you paranoid people are on about.

I don't understand. Why can't you mention Rap Genius's problems with Heroku routing if your name is attached to your account?

Starting rumors about someone's termination/resignation is never good for your professional reputation.

Then, don't do it?

If you are anonymous why not?

This is the elephant in the room that everyone wants to know.

I doubt this story would even have made the front page of HN without the outing by Rap Genius.

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