On: Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

[thaumasiotes]

If you tell me your password and I downvote everyone you hate, why is that less of a service than it would be if, instead of telling me your password, you gave me a special password with fewer permissions?

[mmirate → thaumasiotes]

The first service comes at the cost of losing one's entire account. The second one does not. Therefore the second one is far more valuable.