One of my favourite things to do is say "I'm sorry, I don't speak any French" in perfect French (According to an actual French person).

"Desolée, Je ne parle pas Français"

Same. When they changed the algorithm to show things other than my most recent friends updates, I removed the FB app from my phone.

I still use FB because I have a lot of international friends, but removing the FB app and replacing it with the site.

I only use Messenger for about 3 people right now, so that's going soon too.

I'm aboard this train as well. Removed both the app and messenger from my phone. Should I need to access messenger on foot I can use mbasic.facebook.com (sneaky, because the regular website disables messenger to push for app adoption, which is another button trigger for me)

Exactly.

I run backups on my computer before installing new software/fiddling with important settings/etc. because I've fucked up before.

I'll run backups of phones (or at least verify that they are present) before trying to fix issues on them after nuking my mom's phone which resulted in her losing pictures of my niece and nephew. (Luckily she had sent a lot of those pictures to us via e-mail, but still).

We learn and adjust.

I'm guessing they feel strongly about getting singled out if something like this would happen to them. Possibly because they have been used as a scapegoat by a employer or team mate once.

/ArmchairPsychology

Accusing him of being a sock-puppet and I'm going to assume the "armor" bit is either an allusion to "White Knighting" (Which is completely inaccurate here) or "Social Justice Warrior" which is an easy way for you to dismiss his views.

Bravo.

In another comment he claims he's been in HN for eight years but this account is like 16 days old.

It is a sock-puppet account.

That's a personal attack as well, and you've posted many other comments that break the HN guidelines. We ban users who do that, so please clean up your act.

He has admitted that it's a sock-puppet account.

He stated himself that he has created dozens of accounts and that uses them to post even when his accounts are throttled due to down-voting.

How is stating a fact a personal attack?

> How is stating a fact a

This is a trope of the serial troll. If you don't want to be banned from HN for trolling, please communicate in better faith.

I don't believe 75j is a sock-puppet account. I think it's the primary account that user is currently using. They need to do a better job of following the site guidelines, and I've chided them about that in this thread, but it doesn't mean that what you've done is ok. Your vendetta is not only uncivil to a fellow user you're tweaking the nose of, but is the worst sort of procedural droning-on. No more of this, please, starting now.

> I don't believe 75j is a sock-puppet account.

Thank you for the benefit of the doubt. I am not a sock puppet -- if you look at all those accounts you'll see that absolutely none have any overlap chronologically in terms of posting (well, until last night) or voting.

Sorry dang. But, I got deeply offended by being called a liar. I've posted projects on this current account that link to my real identity, so it was important I guess for me to clear my name. I'm also petty like that, but not normally to the extent that it causes problems. I think I've gotten one prior and much milder warning from you over the course of my time on HN. I'll go back to lurking for a while for now.

In my car that's just done by stepping on the gas a bit for passing and then letting go. Cruise control only turns off on braking or shifting (Manual)