Nov 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM EST
Ask HN: Should account creation/origin country be displayed on HN profiles?
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Would it be beneficial for a platform to display the country of account origin on each user’s profile?
I’m curious how the HN community thinks about this from angles like privacy, moderation, transparency, anti-abuse, and whether it meaningfully improves discussion quality.
Are there strong reasons for or against showing this kind of metadata publicly?
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