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Right, but the analogy is very clearly about someone trying to hide / protect their identity, which doesn’t apply in this case.

Perhaps it was trying to stretch it to “unknown figure”, saying this programmer is mysterious, even though it was not by choice but circumstance: fame has eluded him. (Not implying it’s desired).

But on that reading, I would still say the metaphor fails: it’s not effective at conveying this meaning and reads more like an unnecessary Satoshi name drop.

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> unnecessary Satoshi name drop

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain". I apologise.

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[flagged]
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This thread is why he is not on Twitter
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Fascinating, I'm not there for other reasons. So, about that costly Tea...
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And I'm here wondering if there's a limit to HN's nested replies.
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I'll continue to do my part as time allows, also curious. Anyway, if enough flag the top [like I did], it'll collapse.
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You found a comment to flag in this thread? Didn’t catch rulebreaking myself.
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Sure, I didn't restrict to rule breaking. As I already said, it serves the function of compressing the conversation others complained about.
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Downvotes may offer that function too, I think.

Thought the flag was “hey this guy can’t call me a doodoohead with no ‘J/K’ at the end!”, rule break like rudeness or spam or slop

Guess I better read the rules

Edit: IDK why I can’t always downvote. Sometimes see it on a comment’s permalink page. Guessing some karma factors at play (lifetime upvotes received per user, can’t downvote more senior users maybe)

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> Downvotes may offer that function too, I think.

Not quite as effectively, but sure. De-ranked consumption of vertical space instead of complete compression. Anyway, many tools one may choose. Not mutually exclusive or expensive.

> Guess I better read the rules

I'm sure someone will link them for us [again, vertical space!]. You're fine, however. Not super familiar with the heuristics, but I do know... downvoting gets blocked once you reply, do it first.

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Every so often, ask others just how far their ideas go.
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Observe, etc.
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