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Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by Ostatnigrosh » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:00 PM UTC

nop_slide wrote: post #18

You should also mention you are using Sherlock as the underlying backend which does that actual searching as you did in this post. https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/z1ts1n/i_built_an_a... S̵h̵e̵r̵l̵o̵c̵k̵ ̵u̵s̵e̵s̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵a̵n̵d̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵ ̵s̵t̵i̵l̵l̵ ̵h̵a̵v̵e̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵a̵d̵d̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵t̵o̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵r̵ ̵r̵e̵p̵o̵.̵ https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock https://github.com/bn…

Hey! Just added the MIT license.

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by bombcar » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:03 PM UTC

timeon wrote: post #20

JacobThreeThree wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only username you should use more than once is your real name.

You shouldn't use your real name on the internet.

Or use someone else’s real name. Like Abraham Lincoln’s.

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by bombcar » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:04 PM UTC

Ostatnigrosh wrote: post #4

mattl wrote: post #3

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I think it would be useful to show the networks that the username cannot be found on.

Thats a good thought. I was considering it but was worried about "cluttering" the site

Could be useful for people who like to “claim” their common handle.

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by moneywoes » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:19 PM UTC

Seems the HN one doesn’t work

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by serjester » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:20 PM UTC

Why use React for something this light? People wants to use a frontend frameworks for everything now, I miss 1998. Just kidding, great work! Way more accessibly to the average person than the Sherlock CLI.

Also you have two requiments.txt's FYI.

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by smcl » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:34 PM UTC

Reminds me of this, which popped up recently here: https://github.com/soxoj/maigret

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by tomrod » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC

moneywoes wrote: post #24

Seems the HN one doesn’t work

Indeed. On that and a lot of sites I get false positives. Old usernames that I used (and pretty sure no one else did) on sites I've never visited.

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by veb » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:41 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #23

Ostatnigrosh wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thats a good thought. I was considering it but was worried about "cluttering" the site

Could be useful for people who like to “claim” their common handle.

what I find annoying is that (other than HN) most places won't let you claim your username if the person has signed up, yet never posted over years (or even logged in) and places where an account was deleted.

when I signed up to HN, I had a different username. I reached out to admins and they looked at the other account that had been created but they let me have it because the person hadn't logged in since. Oh! I think GitHub did as well. (shit, I wonder if I have mixed up GitHub and HN... I'm pretty sure they're the two that did actually let me have my handle... :x)

Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by nnoitra » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 7:57 PM UTC

nop_slide wrote: post #18

You should also mention you are using Sherlock as the underlying backend which does that actual searching as you did in this post. https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/z1ts1n/i_built_an_a... S̵h̵e̵r̵l̵o̵c̵k̵ ̵u̵s̵e̵s̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵a̵n̵d̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵ ̵s̵t̵i̵l̵l̵ ̵h̵a̵v̵e̵n̵'̵t̵ ̵a̵d̵d̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵I̵T̵ ̵l̵i̵c̵e̵n̵s̵e̵ ̵t̵o̵ ̵y̵o̵u̵r̵ ̵r̵e̵p̵o̵.̵ https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock https://github.com/bn…

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Re: Show HN: I built an app that scans every social media network for your username

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Post by mattl » Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 8:02 PM UTC

veb wrote: post #28

bombcar wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be useful for people who like to “claim” their common handle.

what I find annoying is that (other than HN) most places won't let you claim your username if the person has signed up, yet never posted over years (or even logged in) and places where an account was deleted. when I signed up to HN, I had a different username. I reached out to admins and they looked at the other account that had been created but they let me have it because the person hadn't logged in since. Oh! I thi…

That sounds like a bad idea.

Why would it be a good idea to recycle usernames like that?