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One of the main differences in the early days of Hacker News was that it was small enough that you could recognize all of the names. The ones with high karma ge
by rms 16y ago
One of the main differences in the early days of Hacker News was that it was small enough that you could recognize all of the names. The ones with high karma get recognized more by virtue of seeing them post more often.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI'd argue that you can still recognize the names of most of /leaders, simply because they post often enough. Or maybe I'm just exceptionally good at remembering usernames. Also, to your parent, pretty much everyone I've ever emailed from HN has been friendly, and the ones I've met in real life have been great, too. Familiarity is the way that community is built. I've emailed all of those HNers except Colin before, when appropriate, and I still randomly know cpercival's name.