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Wow, one of the few personalities to ever remain truly anonymous on the Internet vanishes in a day. Sad sad day. :(

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No, his real name has been on HN before.

Do you have a link for this, as far as I know, no one knows his real name, job, etc.

The link I saw was removed by the poster pretty quickly, out of respect for his privacy.

I'm sure you could find it, but... why?

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1507505

Though I'm not entirely certain the authors didn't just make up a name to fit the citation style. I don't see any reason why they would have any information the internet at large doens't.

Doing a search for "ruby Malsky" brings up _why stuff. I think Malsky is a character in some of _why's works.

Do you think maybe his mom or someone might know his real name? There are people in the community that know his real name, but out of respect for his desired privacy, to let the art itself be famous instead of the artist simply refer to him as _why.

I'm not going to spoil things, but it is findable.

What about moot and weev? They're not members of the open source community, but they are notorious.

moot's identity was revealed. weev I've not seen any proof yet that he's been outed. I'll correct my post.

If you're referring to moot's supposed identity "Christopher Poole," you're wrong. There's no verification that that is his real name, and I think it's just a joke. Just look at the initials: CP. For those of you who are uninitiated, "CP" is a 4chan meme for child pornography, and is closely associated with Pedobear.

No verification? He's been interviewed, at his home, by multiple magazines. I recall his parents were interviewed. And I've seen him at panels: He's not like most 4channers. I doubt he'd pull an elaborate prank. On the other hand, 4channers are retarded enough to assume he would.

Is there any reason to believe that Time, WSJ, etc., DIDN'T do any fact checking on the name they printed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moot_(4chan)#moot.27s_identity

Yes, they admitted they weren't sure.

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