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Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

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Post by nikcub »

timr wrote: post #31

I'm a fairly private guy, and I find this a bit creepy. I've never been more glad that I don't have a Twitter profile. (Which is not to say that I think that the developer is doing something wrong , or even unethical: if you have a Twitter profile with your picture on it, one could fairly argue that you've made a contract with the world that the information is public. But all the same, stuff like this makes me want d…

Use a pseudonym. I have four of them. Setup names, profiles etc. for all of them on all the usual sites.

I have used all four of them at some point on HN.

Funny story: one of my pseudonyms got a job offer on Quora last week. Not the first time it has happen.

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

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Post by blahedo »

jahmed wrote: post #87
stfu wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is actually the comment "ownership" on Hackernews? Do I still hold the rights on my own words or are they already owned by ycombinator or gone down the creative commons?

I'm curious about this as well. I know slashdot's position is that "Comments owned by the poster".

This is, of course, the legal default (at least in any country that subscribes to the Berne Convention). Unless there is some alternate policy somewhere that I don't remember signing, that would be the policy here as well. (IANAL, TINLA)

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

#93

Post by DanielRibeiro »

Alex3917 wrote: post #89
DanielRibeiro wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Andy. I am sorry, but not everybody had a clear twitter username on their profile. You are right, the list was complemented with the data from this one: http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b... I've added you to the direct list. Note that the inference algorithm is quite forgiving, so "twitter @Locke1689", or "@Locke1689 on twitter", or even "twitter: Locke1689" would all have worked out. Ab…

I'm not on there even though I have a direct link to my twitter account. If I was left out on purpose then that's fine, just letting you know in case it's a bug though.

Edit: Thanks for reporting Alex! I was missing 3 other users from the leadersboard. Should be all good now.

Hi Alex. I am sorry you were not listed. My first user sources were hnsearch[1][2] and on Twitter Users Most Followed by Readers of Hacker News[3].

I am adding the leader's list to the user discovery, and this should be solved shortly.

[1] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter&#...

[2] http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/users&q=twitter.c...

[3] http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b...

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

#94

Post by Locke1689 »

DanielRibeiro wrote: post #43
Locke1689 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting... it seems you must have some other criteria because my (admittedly woefully outdated) profile lists my (admittedly neglected) Twitter account, but I don't see myself on there. ~5000 karma should put me only a couple pages in.

Hi Andy. I am sorry, but not everybody had a clear twitter username on their profile. You are right, the list was complemented with the data from this one: http://talkfast.org/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-b... I've added you to the direct list. Note that the inference algorithm is quite forgiving, so "twitter @Locke1689", or "@Locke1689 on twitter", or even "twitter: Locke1689" would all have worked out. Ab…

No problem, just curious. Thanks for the hard work!

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

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Post by pmiller2 »

davidw wrote: post #40
timr wrote: post #31

I'm a fairly private guy, and I find this a bit creepy. I've never been more glad that I don't have a Twitter profile. (Which is not to say that I think that the developer is doing something wrong , or even unethical: if you have a Twitter profile with your picture on it, one could fairly argue that you've made a contract with the world that the information is public. But all the same, stuff like this makes me want d…

The trick is to either hide everything, or flood the internet with so much stuff that it's just a pain in the neck to really stalk you much beyond what you post in very obvious places such as profiles.

Or, have a gloriously common combination of first + last name that the internet is already pre-flooded with stuff about people with your name.

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

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Post by alanh »

I’m not sure why I don’t show up here, even after clicking “more” enough times. I’m seeing users ordered by karma, but I’m not in the list of users with karma ≥ 3881. My karma has been higher than that for … maybe half a year.

Edit: I see, I have to list my Twitter username in my HN bio…

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

#97

Post by mkopinsky »

nikcub wrote: post #91
timr wrote: post #31

I'm a fairly private guy, and I find this a bit creepy. I've never been more glad that I don't have a Twitter profile. (Which is not to say that I think that the developer is doing something wrong , or even unethical: if you have a Twitter profile with your picture on it, one could fairly argue that you've made a contract with the world that the information is public. But all the same, stuff like this makes me want d…

Use a pseudonym. I have four of them. Setup names, profiles etc. for all of them on all the usual sites. I have used all four of them at some point on HN. Funny story: one of my pseudonyms got a job offer on Quora last week. Not the first time it has happen.

Did the offer come from one of the other pseudonyms? That's when things get real messy....

Re: Show HN: The users behind Hacker News

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Post by epaga »

icey wrote: post #25

heh... I was wondering why I started getting a bunch of beta signups + twitter followers today. I like the highlight effect you have on mouseover, although it kind of feels like something should happen when you click on someone's profile. Perhaps redirect the user to the person's HN profile?

Also, minor quibble: if you mouse over and away very quickly 10 times, the highlight effects get queued and the profiles blink.
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