Title says it all
Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
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Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#2I think the question answers itself. Some dick that's been spamming the site all day.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#3He’s a wittle baby that thinks Wiz doesn’t actually have a product and is a shell company designed to buy other companies and then be acquired. He’s also an hard core antisemite. And a dick.
ETA: it’s not a theory, you said it yourself the other day on the wiz post. Also, I’m not Jewish.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#4Nobody likes a spammer.
Once a spammer, always a spammer.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#5Very strange. Can't tell if they're doing it "for the lulz" or it's some sort of psychotic breakdown. Either way, good stress test for HN's spam moderation I suppose.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#6I flagged this. It's the only visibility the troll in question has achieved. All his posts are dead. Only the minority of us with 'show dead' enabled need know anything about it.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#7I flagged this. It's the only visibility the troll in question has achieved. All his posts are dead. Only the minority of us with 'show dead' enabled need know anything about it.
My Conspiracy theory is: he's trying to get people set "showdead" false.
Why would he want that though, I don't know...
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#8I flagged this. It's the only visibility the troll in question has achieved. All his posts are dead. Only the minority of us with 'show dead' enabled need know anything about it.
My Conspiracy theory is: he's trying to get people set "showdead" false. Why would he want that though, I don't know...
Is it worth any psychoanalysis? It's the internet.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
My Conspiracy theory is: he's trying to get people set "showdead" false. Why would he want that though, I don't know...
Is it worth any psychoanalysis? It's the internet.
Psychoanalysis? No
Threat analysis? Maybe
HN has value larger than for just for the community of people commenting here. It is also used as a platform for YC companies. YC Founders can even see each others usernames in orange color[1].
A spamming actor could also be testing the limits of the system now for a future attack. Anyway, this is the job an Infosec team usually deals with. Hopefully @dang / HN team has access to people with such skillset.
Re: Who's this dick bschmidt711 that's spamming HN?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it worth any psychoanalysis? It's the internet.
Psychoanalysis? No Threat analysis? Maybe HN has value larger than for just for the community of people commenting here. It is also used as a platform for YC companies. YC Founders can even see each others usernames in orange color[1]. A spamming actor could also be testing the limits of the system now for a future attack. Anyway, this is the job an Infosec team usually deals with. Hopefully @dang / HN team has acces…
Threat analysis?
It's probably as simple as 'Dan handles moderation and he's asleep'