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Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN? by ravenstine on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:41PM (#33472645)
HN could very well be the first victim of the "dead internet" theory. After all, the developers who write the bots probably hang out here and use this place as a benchmark for whether their bot can pass for real. HN may be entirely bots now, for all we know. ;)
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Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN? by MichaelZuo on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:45PM (#33472703)
It's probably why many users choose to use their real names.

(Or at least that's why I intentionally chose to use my real name, linked to my blog, etc., so that my comments would be easier to take seriously.)

Accounts with pseudonyms have a higher threshold to clear.

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Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN? by intelVISA on Friday November 04, 2022 @04:43PM (#33473467)
Nice try, GPT-3.
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Re:Ask HN: Are throwaway accounts becoming a problem for HN? by MichaelZuo on Friday November 04, 2022 @05:18PM (#33473915)
Hilarious!
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