Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addresses?

Re:Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addres... by flipstewart on Sunday September 30, 2012 @08:40PM (#4594789)

I don't do this, but if I did, it would be to prevent tech recruiter spam, which is the only kind of spam I've seen in a long while.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addres... by omarchowdhury on Sunday September 30, 2012 @08:51PM (#4594813)

How is that going to prevent tech recruiters? They can read and parse... I think.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addres... by flipstewart on Sunday September 30, 2012 @09:34PM (#4594905)

Oh I wish tech recruiters were people, but they're not. I get emails for jobs in other countries involving abilities I simply don't have. Tech recruiting emails come from people scraping sites like this and then sending mass emails hoping the contents will apply to some of the recipients and maybe they'll even get a response.

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