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Re:Poll: Did you know that HN allows you to make polls? by shxuw on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:36AM (#29756376)
I got a 5 letter username less than 3 minutes ago
Re:Poll: Did you know that HN allows you to make polls? by lucb1e on Saturday January 01, 2022 @03:20AM (#29756580)
Yours does not include an English dictionary word or name though (unless sh counts, but that's shorter and less common than 'max'), but yeah 5-char words being available, I'm also not too surprised by.
Re:Poll: Did you know that HN allows you to make polls? by quern on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:35AM (#29756955)
This was the second 5 letter dictionary word I tried. :p
Re:Poll: Did you know that HN allows you to make polls? by lucb1e on Saturday January 01, 2022 @04:57AM (#29757046)
So now it's gone for all time? Thanks :p

What I've done on reddit for throwaways is use 123123 as password so they can be reused. Not a one has gotten 'hacked' yet over months of use, I'm quite surprised tbh. Maybe I should publish the password on the relevant accounts once I decide to stop using them. Ideally there'd be a time factor before it changes hands to avoid confusion and editing old posts, but I would probably forget (hence the dummy password strategy).

Related: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wirel... "It wasn't me officer" (of course IP logs... and not that I'd do anything illegal on reddit anyway no sir)