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An I alone in never looking at usernames? I only read the content of each comment. I only look at the username to track a back-and-forth between two users and e
by nicky0 10y ago
An I alone in never looking at usernames? I only read the content of each comment. I only look at the username to track a back-and-forth between two users and even then it's pretty much an opaque token to me. Might as well be a random string.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoYour unconscious mind will see them. I don't know how much effect that has. I did consider helping people eliminate bias by creating a HN client that replaces the names with random ones on a per-thread basis. Any replies get substituted with real name when sent to actual site. Also some filtering options.