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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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