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I didn't use it. From the comments it seems that most people are happy to give up their personal information. I assume that the poster now has a reasonably nois

by 314 4y ago

I didn't use it. From the comments it seems that most people are happy to give up their personal information. I assume that the poster now has a reasonably noiseless database of IPs and hn/reddit profiles. This is obviously highly valuable for marketing as it can be fused with existing profiles and then datamined across a large number of posts.

choeger 4y ago
Also highly illegal in the EU. So if the author does this and reads this comment: Better stay where you are or you might get fined into oblivion.
cerved 4y ago
> This is obviously highly valuable for marketing Yes, all that from data from tens of people is going to rake in the big $$
- pugworthy 4y ago
  "Sodastream prices skyrocket! Market unsure of cause!"
pugworthy 4y ago
By virtue of your account name, you already gave it up. This site lets you decide to do it, despite the fact that it's already happened perhaps many times without your knowledge.
63 4y ago
An oddly cynical take. If it's true, I'll do us both a favor and look up your name instead of mine. There's no limit to the number of names you can query, so it's really a pretty poor way to associate usernames with ips with any certainty.
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  Yeah. I actually fed a bunch of reddit usernames into it from a bunch of subs I visit and some random ones. I used people who posted frequently on those subs. The funny thing is that it apparently has a limited list of characteristics to assign. Maybe we collectively have a very limited feature set? Who knew I enjoy testing features and breaking things? There was a huge amount of repetition in the results, especially for the part where the results mention that it may not be ready for real life so send feedback. I did see a lot of other product recommendations though so it isn't stuck on sodastream like others have suggested. This is probably good for a drunk party night game where everyone can laugh at the analyses it spits out about each other. I'm not convinced it is a useful tool for anything else except for maybe affiliate link income in the product recommendations for the site owner. It seems designed to be an ego stroker, like horoscopes. I think I am more likely to believe the spooky action at a distance feel of a horoscope over this NLP output.
  - AaronNewcomer 4y ago
    I think it’s very heavily weighted by the subreddits you post in rather than the content of your posts. This was clear to me when I tried my different Reddit usernames that are both very educational and similar tone but focus on completely separate businesses.
c7b 4y ago
I'm guessing a lot of HN users didn't enter their own username, and even if you did, you can still contaminate your data by entering another one.
ranguna 4y ago
Looks like my usernames will now be associated with one of mullvad's IPs

by 314 4y ago

choeger 4y ago

Also highly illegal in the EU. So if the author does this and reads this comment: Better stay where you are or you might get fined into oblivion.

cerved 4y ago

> This is obviously highly valuable for marketing Yes, all that from data from tens of people is going to rake in the big $$

pugworthy 4y ago
"Sodastream prices skyrocket! Market unsure of cause!"

pugworthy 4y ago

By virtue of your account name, you already gave it up. This site lets you decide to do it, despite the fact that it's already happened perhaps many times without your knowledge.

63 4y ago

An oddly cynical take. If it's true, I'll do us both a favor and look up your name instead of mine. There's no limit to the number of names you can query, so it's really a pretty poor way to associate usernames with ips with any certainty.

doodlebugging 4y ago
Yeah. I actually fed a bunch of reddit usernames into it from a bunch of subs I visit and some random ones. I used people who posted frequently on those subs. The funny thing is that it apparently has a limited list of characteristics to assign. Maybe we collectively have a very limited feature set? Who knew I enjoy testing features and breaking things? There was a huge amount of repetition in the results, especially for the part where the results mention that it may not be ready for real life so send feedback. I did see a lot of other product recommendations though so it isn't stuck on sodastream like others have suggested. This is probably good for a drunk party night game where everyone can laugh at the analyses it spits out about each other. I'm not convinced it is a useful tool for anything else except for maybe affiliate link income in the product recommendations for the site owner. It seems designed to be an ego stroker, like horoscopes. I think I am more likely to believe the spooky action at a distance feel of a horoscope over this NLP output.
- AaronNewcomer 4y ago
  I think it’s very heavily weighted by the subreddits you post in rather than the content of your posts. This was clear to me when I tried my different Reddit usernames that are both very educational and similar tone but focus on completely separate businesses.

c7b 4y ago

I'm guessing a lot of HN users didn't enter their own username, and even if you did, you can still contaminate your data by entering another one.

ranguna 4y ago

Looks like my usernames will now be associated with one of mullvad's IPs