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@Dang, when will we be able to designate successors to our HN accounts?
by Victerius 4y ago
@Dang, when will we be able to designate successors to our HN accounts?
- TheAceOfHearts 4y agoIn the future children will argue over who inherits their parent's Hacker News karma. To avoid legal complications be sure to specify in your will which favorite child inherits your Hacker News legacy.
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoWill there be an inheritance tax on HN karma?
- masklinn 4y agoIt must lest HN ends up with a permanent upper class of exclusive commenters.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoThat's actually what happened at Slashdot. I scraped a slice of all postings a few years ago and there was a notable trend where early UIDs below 200K were posting the bulk of comments.
- selcuka 4y agoAbsolutely. There should also be a wealth tax system that automatically reduces your karma by 1% every month, and distributes that amount equally to other commenters.
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- dotancohen 4y agoIt's important to note the difference between our online personas, such as HN accounts, and our online self-appointed responsibilities, such as our Github accounts. I understand the reasoning for a clear path of succession of the latter. I do not believe that the former should carry on after our deaths. Our personas should die with us.
- nextaccountic 4y agoThere should be at least the possibility of making a post announcing the death and a build a virtual memorial