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> You really have one email account? No, I have 5, but I only have one HN account. Why would I need more? I was thinking more that he might have been identifi
by ionised 9y ago
> You really have one email account?
No, I have 5, but I only have one HN account. Why would I need more?
I was thinking more that he might have been identified as being the same person posting from multiple accounts, and activating some kind of spam/abuse protection.
- joering2 9y ago> Why would I need more? For same reason you have multiple email addresses no?
- ionised 9y agoI have multiple email address for different purposes. I don't need multiple HN accounts for different purposes. Others might but I can't think why off the top of my head. The only time I've seen an obvious alternate account is the throw-away accounts opened just to troll/spam the site.
- joering2 9y agoOne example would be is that you might work for a company and have their point of view expressed on HN all the time; meanwhile you want to have your own account personal one that regardless if you continue working for said company or not, you still continue to use. Sort of like TV anchors have their own private twitter hints and then they have their work ones too.
- ionised 9y agoThat makes sense.