Basically I just wanted a little discourse about failing whilst maintaining some anonymity and HN is where I hang out.
I used a throwaway because I want to remain anonymous at this point in time. I see throwaway's used for these types of posts so I'm guessing that that is not the reason.
I think (not sure) that it is because it has been downvoted. I do not know why. Maybe because it is difficult to comment as there is no context.
I could see both posts because I like to watch dead posts (an option in HN's profile).