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> you set your status to “Hiding”. An obvious attempt to effectively shame people into using it.

Or maybe it's just a humorous take. Remember "Anonymous Coward" from Slashdot?

Not against the main take of the article though. But that has more to do with economy. On economic down turn years free sites like this start to crumble. And they take pro-monetizing user hostile steps like this.



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