GDC7 quite consistently posts incomprehensible shit. Honestly a lot of HN regulars have become incomprehensible recently.

Got to farm that karma somehow so you can sell thought leader hackernews accounts.

Has there yet been a known case of HN account selling? Digg started with voting brigades but I've yet to hear of even that on HN.

Also, what would be the purpose of selling an HN account?

The same reason you would sell any other social account. You build a profile that seems real, sell it, then the buyer uses that profile to upvote and post comments on their new product release which blows up on HN and generates much more interest and potential revenue than it would otherwise.

I don't have proof that it is happening but it happens on every other social site so it would be shocking if it isnt happening here.

GDC7 was created 62 days ago and has two-digit karma, sure you're not thinking of someone else? (Just seems unlikely you'd recognise such a new and not particularly highly up-voted account.)

I've had an inane conversation with them previously. Probably they have two-digit karma as they are downvoted a lot.

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