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nemacol on July 12, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blocking Threads won't be enough to protect privac...

Can you help me understand why this is preferable to never joining in the first place? What is the goal? Controlling the entry for my email/auth of choice?

1970-01-01 on July 12, 2023 [–]

It is a mitigation for identity theft and slander.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26931894

nemacol on July 13, 2023 | [–]

Interesting. Thank you for the link.

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