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Re:Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addres... by sbierwagen on Monday October 01, 2012 @01:19AM (#4595443)
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Perhaps I am deaf to the joke, but your email seems pretty trivially discoverable. The way you had phrased it, I went to your about page expecting a devious puzzle, and was disappointed.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do HN users still obscure their e-mail addres... by wikwocket on Monday October 01, 2012 @01:46AM (#4595508)
His email is trivially discoverable in the same way that FizzBuzz is trivially programmable.

The point is not that it is hard; the point is that even a very very low barrier to entry may weed out a surprisingly large number of unsuitable applicants.

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