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Re:Hey psst, wanna know your HN #userid ? by jacquesm on Friday January 22, 2010 @04:44AM (#1069396)
There are roughly 20,000 HN users, and < 2000 days since it started so I think this method is more accurate.

If someone signed up very recently then they aren't in the db yet.

Anyway, it's just a gimmick but I thought it was a fun one.

The tagging feature is quite useful actually, feel free to help out by tagging stuff.

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Re:Hey psst, wanna know your HN #userid ? by Retric on Friday January 22, 2010 @10:56AM (#1069876)
If you wanted accuracy you would have used days and then first post, so people that registered a day early would always have a lower ID.
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Re:Hey psst, wanna know your HN #userid ? by Retric on Friday January 22, 2010 @01:06PM (#1070237)
Sorry, would should be could.
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