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Is it marketer? http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=marketer http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=marketer This is merely a naive guess. He's the only ot

Is it marketer? http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=marketer http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=marketer This is merely a naive guess. He's the only other user on hacker news (according to Google) to use the term "people search engines". He also seems to have been working in the data mining business.

andreyf 17y ago
From a quick look at his comments, he seems to match the other heuristics seasoup mentions in that thread: meticulously correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation, use of semicolons, and use of dashes. He also seems to comment heavily on technical issues - programming languages, database technologies, so it might make sense for him to feel heavy non-tech opinions deserve a onetimetoken. Similarly reasoned, the sentiment of "privacy is dead, there is only identity management" seems to be a realization appropriate for someone who recently started working on YC-funded companies. Seem convincing to me, but since they're all reverse-justifications, probably best to take them with a grain of salt: you might be able to draw similar conclusions combing through many other comment histories. Interesting that this "human [powered] search engine" style of identification might have been faster than devising a machine heuristic.
- barmstrong 17y ago
  Yeah it's almost crowd sourced. Reminds me of when the cops put a letter or riddle from a serial killer in the newspaper figuring someONE out there will recognize it, as opposed to a computer recognizing it. Or maybe that just happens in the movies.
  - staunch 17y ago
    The unabomber was caught by his brother recognizing his writing. "...his brother recognized Ted's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto, and tipped off the FBI." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski
- ErrantX 17y ago
  He also uses lower case for facebook, twitter etc. which is what leaped out at me about the comment were trying to identify. Edit: ok one other thing strikes me: use of the word "ton" doesn't quite fit with the rest of the language.
- crux_ 17y ago
  To be incredibly picky: Meticulously correct grammar would join "privacy is dead" and "there is only identity management" with a semicolon, dash, or conjunction -- or just split it into two sentences. ;)
marketer 17y ago
It's an interesting guess but it's not me :) I am concerned with online privacy, but not to the extent as "onetimetoken" (my FB profile is globally viewable). Also my comments are usually short, and I avoid big generalizations. Looking at the thread in question, though, I'd definitely guess jgrahamc.
- windsurfer 17y ago
  Darn. Thanks for letting me know!
- jgrahamc 17y ago
  Unfortunately, it wasn't me. I did post on that thread but then I was gone from HN for quite a while because of work.

andreyf 17y ago

From a quick look at his comments, he seems to match the other heuristics seasoup mentions in that thread: meticulously correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation, use of semicolons, and use of dashes. He also seems to comment heavily on technical issues - programming languages, database technologies, so it might make sense for him to feel heavy non-tech opinions deserve a onetimetoken. Similarly reasoned, the sentiment of "privacy is dead, there is only identity management" seems to be a realization appropriate for someone who recently started working on YC-funded companies. Seem convincing to me, but since they're all reverse-justifications, probably best to take them with a grain of salt: you might be able to draw similar conclusions combing through many other comment histories. Interesting that this "human [powered] search engine" style of identification might have been faster than devising a machine heuristic.

barmstrong 17y ago
Yeah it's almost crowd sourced. Reminds me of when the cops put a letter or riddle from a serial killer in the newspaper figuring someONE out there will recognize it, as opposed to a computer recognizing it. Or maybe that just happens in the movies.
- staunch 17y ago
  The unabomber was caught by his brother recognizing his writing. "...his brother recognized Ted's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto, and tipped off the FBI." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Kaczynski
ErrantX 17y ago
He also uses lower case for facebook, twitter etc. which is what leaped out at me about the comment were trying to identify. Edit: ok one other thing strikes me: use of the word "ton" doesn't quite fit with the rest of the language.
crux_ 17y ago
To be incredibly picky: Meticulously correct grammar would join "privacy is dead" and "there is only identity management" with a semicolon, dash, or conjunction -- or just split it into two sentences. ;)

marketer 17y ago

It's an interesting guess but it's not me :) I am concerned with online privacy, but not to the extent as "onetimetoken" (my FB profile is globally viewable). Also my comments are usually short, and I avoid big generalizations. Looking at the thread in question, though, I'd definitely guess jgrahamc.

windsurfer 17y ago
Darn. Thanks for letting me know!
jgrahamc 17y ago
Unfortunately, it wasn't me. I did post on that thread but then I was gone from HN for quite a while because of work.