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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by huntie on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:43AM (#18292828)
What do you mean by hash? 4chan posts use an incrementing id per board, so if you put >>>/sci/3751197 you have a unique identifier for the post (sci being the board and 3751197 being the post number). For convenience you could link to an archive site as well, but they're known to die every few years.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by gfosco on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:56AM (#18292943)
Some boards like /pol/ have a user hash, unique per user-session, stable across posts.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by claudiawerner on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @03:44PM (#18295699)
The hashes assigned to your IP on the boards that have them are per-thread to my knowledge. All your posts in one thread will have a particular hash, but your post in another thread will have a different one.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by huntie on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:15AM (#18293129)
Ah I forgot about that. It would certainly be a good idea to include it if available. Do you know if it is necessary for a unique id? I've never browsed any of the boards with user hashes.
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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by gfosco on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:43AM (#18293381)
Not sure what you mean by necessary. Post id would still be unique.
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