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Be the change that you want to see in the universe. HN has a super easy to use API and I have downloaded the entire history of the site before for a past projec
by the_lonely_road 6y ago
Be the change that you want to see in the universe. HN has a super easy to use API and I have downloaded the entire history of the site before for a past project. If you don't want to do the leg work yourself I am positive that the data set is out there for download somewhere if you google around.
- minimaxir 6y agoData analysis note: the public datasets only have submissions and comments, and just because a HN user has stopped submitting/commenting doesn't mean they quit HN. Lurking is fun.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoSome people have simply changed their handle and that likely wouldn't be obvious from the public data set either. My old handle has 25k. It has been inactive since I moved to this one.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoCurious, why did you create a new account?
- DoreenMichele 6y agoMy old handle unfortunately and innocently looks like (or can be interpreted as) "I'm just here to start shit!" It did not occur to me it might be misinterpreted a certain way until six weeks after I started it and I didn't think it important at that point. As I gained more karma, I did a blog post at some point explaining the completely innocent origin story for it (typo and all). After I hit the leaderboard, I decided, basically, "Oh, brother. This is so not worth the hassle involved. Yeesh." And changed to my actual first and middle names.
- brewdad 6y agoAnd now, by commenting, you've reset your activity clock. Time to lurk for the next 6 months so you look inactive.