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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by pseudalopex on Sunday December 31, 2023 @05:47PM (#38828194)
You said stable identifiers come with karma and likes. But you know they come without also.
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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by fantasybroker on Sunday December 31, 2023 @06:20PM (#38828357)
I mean - yes? I understand what a stable identifier is. Having a unique user ID in a database doesn't magically enable likes on all features. But for the purpose of this discussion I limited my opinion to "public services", i.e. services with a social aspect, which overwhelmingly have this mechanic (to such an absurd extent that I can "like" payments made by people I don't know on Venmo).
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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by pseudalopex on Sunday December 31, 2023 @07:00PM (#38828558)
> I understand what a stable identifier is.

You do not understand what core is apparently.

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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by fantasybroker on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:08PM (#38829189)
From what I understand "core" is a central part of a fruit.
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