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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 echelon »

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…

The MIT license isn't infectious! You might have just told the author to give up their rights.

They're well within their rights to release their software as MIT or whatever, but they should make that decision on their own or as reflection upon the proper arguments from the community.

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

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Post by someweirdperson »

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.

For most people it doesn't matter much because there is many dupes.

Mine seems to be unique, which is a little scary.

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

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Post by nop_slide »

Ostatnigrosh wrote: post #21
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.

Apologies if I misread the license attribution, didn't want to take away from the work you did but also wanted to make sure credit was given.

Cheers

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

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Post by nop_slide »

Kiro wrote: post #35
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…

They don't need to add the MIT license. They only need to include the notice somewhere.

Yep, my misunderstanding.

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

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Post by xwdv »

mattl wrote: post #30
veb wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Because overtime we can wear down the idea that a public facing username is some kind of unique identifier.

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

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Post by bombcar »

mattl wrote: post #30
veb wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Same reason we recycle domains.

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

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Post by mattl »

bombcar wrote: post #47
mattl wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like a bad idea. Why would it be a good idea to recycle usernames like that?

Same reason we recycle domains.

Which is a bad idea also. We should have some domain name space which we let people register forever.

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

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Post by mattl »

xwdv wrote: post #46
mattl wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like a bad idea. Why would it be a good idea to recycle usernames like that?

Because overtime we can wear down the idea that a public facing username is some kind of unique identifier.

Do you have any alternative solution in mind? ICQ numbers?
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