Comment by DrStrangeLoop

3 years ago

I tried dang's old account (gruseom) expecting to see his dang account listed. Nothing. Tried dang, sctb (a previous admin) was listed as closest match.

I wouldn't rely on these results

https://stylometry.net/user?username=gruseom

https://stylometry.net/user?username=dang

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pvg  3 years ago

I wouldn't rely on these results

You picked a user who posts a massive volume of repeat, template-y comments and found their former colleague who also posted piles of repeat, template-y comments, that being part of both of their jobs.

  • DrStrangeLoop  3 years ago

    There are a few close matches to dang's style of template-y comments in the results. Afaik none of the listed accounts are Daniel.

    I picked dang as he is the figurehead of hn, and didn't want to inadvertently reveal some other user's identity.

    • dragonwriter  3 years ago

      > There are a few close matches to dang's style of template-y comments in the results.

      At least the #1 close match (sctb) was a comoderator with dang, so they were kind of alts as the official voice of HN.