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Simple psychology would lead me to guess that it is you Jacques. If I wanted to tell how easy it was to identify an anonymous comment, then I'd make one. I'd th

by nagrom 17y ago

Simple psychology would lead me to guess that it is you Jacques. If I wanted to tell how easy it was to identify an anonymous comment, then I'd make one. I'd then publicise it, and challenge other people to crack it. Maybe I'm being too clever for my own good...

username3 17y ago
Or it is you nagrom.
- nagrom 17y ago
  Sadly, in this case, I am not Spartacus. That would require a mind so cunning that it makes mine hurt just to think of it ;-)
- cmelbye 17y ago
  Or you! Or me...
jacquesm 17y ago
I solemnly swear it wasn't me, but I do agree with you that would be a good prank.
- johngalt 17y ago
  Looking at how quickly you commented after OTToken and when he commented how quickly you responded, I could see why someone would think it was you. Just like the yahoo answers "questions" that are obviously setups because they are answered 1minute after asked. Assuming it's not you, we have another area of comparison that is being overlooked. Besides OTToken's text patterns we also have when the comments were left. So we can throw out certain people that never comment during the hours of the day that OTToken did. Also OTToken is obviously familiar with HN and has an alternative account by his own implication. Likely he was reading/commenting on HN then decided to make the account. OTToken made multiple comments over two hours so we could also try and pick people who's comments adjoin that timeframe. Specifically people who made comments in advance of OTTokens comments, but not at the same time. He can switch accounts to make alternative comments, but it's unlikely he was making comments from two separate accounts simultaneously.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    > Besides OTToken's text patterns we also have when the comments were left. So we can throw out certain people that never comment during the hours of the day that OTToken did. Noodle already clued in to that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199768 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199768 Also, if you could check my comment history (which you can't because it seems to time out on HNs server) you'd see that my comment speed is usually fairly quick in threads where I'm active.

by nagrom 17y ago

username3 17y ago

Or it is you nagrom.

nagrom 17y ago
Sadly, in this case, I am not Spartacus. That would require a mind so cunning that it makes mine hurt just to think of it ;-)
cmelbye 17y ago
Or you! Or me...

jacquesm 17y ago

I solemnly swear it wasn't me, but I do agree with you that would be a good prank.

johngalt 17y ago
Looking at how quickly you commented after OTToken and when he commented how quickly you responded, I could see why someone would think it was you. Just like the yahoo answers "questions" that are obviously setups because they are answered 1minute after asked. Assuming it's not you, we have another area of comparison that is being overlooked. Besides OTToken's text patterns we also have when the comments were left. So we can throw out certain people that never comment during the hours of the day that OTToken did. Also OTToken is obviously familiar with HN and has an alternative account by his own implication. Likely he was reading/commenting on HN then decided to make the account. OTToken made multiple comments over two hours so we could also try and pick people who's comments adjoin that timeframe. Specifically people who made comments in advance of OTTokens comments, but not at the same time. He can switch accounts to make alternative comments, but it's unlikely he was making comments from two separate accounts simultaneously.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  > Besides OTToken's text patterns we also have when the comments were left. So we can throw out certain people that never comment during the hours of the day that OTToken did. Noodle already clued in to that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199768 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199768 Also, if you could check my comment history (which you can't because it seems to time out on HNs server) you'd see that my comment speed is usually fairly quick in threads where I'm active.