For what it's worth, the information you're looking for must be out there, because the author's central premise is that he gained access to the list and remembe

For what it's worth, the information you're looking for must be out there, because the author's central premise is that he gained access to the list and remembered one of the accounts. (Of course, that assumes both that the author of the article is not a professional message manipulator, AND that the author is telling the truth. Reasonable people can be forgiven for being skeptical about every post that is even remotely political these days.) What's disappointing is how jaded I've become due to all the new information out there about what professional manipulation has done to the internet's forums and web sites. Even HN is not immune to it. Unfortunately, I have an almost automatic skepticism towards every semi political post I read now. I'm not even sure this problem can be solved while the internet persists in its current form. It's sad.