Ask HN: What are the implications of Hacker News alt accounts being revealed?

This post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016 shows that many HN alt accounts have been exposed, not through hacking but stylistic analysis. HM famously does not permit deletion of previous accounts or comments. So for some people who assumed anonymity this could be anything from unimportant to awkward to a real problem. Presumably now people will routinely search for alt accounts of any HN […]