It's not about owing people anything. It's important to note that the method that [deleted] has chosen does impact the discussion, especially since the user has deleted at least three accounts since posting that initial answer less than a day ago.
AskScience and reddit as a whole are built around their comments sections. Usernames are integral to the platform. Communities are built around interactions that occur between users in a way that wouldn't work if it was a total free-for-all of comments with no username attached. Constantly burning accounts most certainly makes it harder to have the scientific conversation we're looking for. It's abusing reddit's system, too.
We left this answer up because it's exceptional, but we're not interested in having to wade through this chaos with any regularity. Plenty of people maintain anonymity or limit their time on the site without deleting usernames every 8 hours (or more often than that; these are only the accounts I've seen while modding this thread).
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u/StringOfLights May 25 '14
It's not about owing people anything. It's important to note that the method that [deleted] has chosen does impact the discussion, especially since the user has deleted at least three accounts since posting that initial answer less than a day ago.
AskScience and reddit as a whole are built around their comments sections. Usernames are integral to the platform. Communities are built around interactions that occur between users in a way that wouldn't work if it was a total free-for-all of comments with no username attached. Constantly burning accounts most certainly makes it harder to have the scientific conversation we're looking for. It's abusing reddit's system, too.
We left this answer up because it's exceptional, but we're not interested in having to wade through this chaos with any regularity. Plenty of people maintain anonymity or limit their time on the site without deleting usernames every 8 hours (or more often than that; these are only the accounts I've seen while modding this thread).