Comment Re:Stands to reason (Score 1) 181
First off, my point was that ad hominem is not a particularly good way of discrediting what a person says. Being anonymous does not make the poster I replied to more or less trustworthy, and the fact that McAfee has been accused of murder does not mean he cannot be trusted on this sort of matter.
Second, I think you're correct, trust is not established by your name, but by whether what you say has value and is verifiable.