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You've been on HN for 13 years, and this is your first post in 7. Welcome back! Can you provide any context regarding why this article made the cut, when noth

• razvanr 6y ago
  OP is clearly a weirdo :)
• lawrenceyan 6y ago
  It's pretty clear that the account was either sold or taken over. Look at the most recent comments as well; not even a single one since 2012. I know we aren't supposed to talk about this per HN guidelines, but this is just too blatant. And yes, I've already emailed hn@ycombinator.com.
  • QUFB 6y ago
    What about this interesting submission makes it "clear" the account was "sold"?
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    • lawrenceyan 6y ago
      We can look at a timeline of the account history for paulsb. Last comment on the account: 2012 Last post on the account: 2013 7 years of inactivity This post --- If it were them coming back to their old account, given how regularly paulsb commented while still active, you would think there'd be at least a few recent comments showing some kind of ramp up in re-usage of the site.
  • glenstein 6y ago
    I understand that this is a complete digression from the main topic but I would love to know more about whatever you may know about accounts being bought/sold, or be pointed to a link with more. I'm familiar with it for, say, ebay, and at least indirectly familiar with it over reddit, but hn is a new one to me.