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Re:Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate... by bbarnett on Saturday November 26, 2022 @04:57PM (#33757214)
You are fools, one and all! This tool's only purpose, is to tag people who use it!

Now they know just who cares about which alternate accounts. They know!

They freaking know, man!

You have all fallen for their ploy. Fools!

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Re:Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate... by thesz on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:08PM (#33757301)
I have no alternate accounts and visited the site out of curiosity, because I used to worked in the domain like this.

What I found was worth visiting the site. Somehow notably many accounts with (relatively) high similarity to mine's are sharing at least one of my personal traits.

Which is fascinating, to me.

And I think is worth to be noticed by others - what and how you write can disclose who you are.

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Re:Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate... by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:20PM (#33757414)
It knows my IP now.

(Or does it?)

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Re:Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate... by neodypsis on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:30PM (#33757505)
It offers no privacy policy, so can't tell.
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