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Since we're reading tea leaves: They also used a sock puppet with a seemingly German name (Hans Jansen). However "Hans" has not been a popular baby name in Ger

Since we're reading tea leaves: They also used a sock puppet with a seemingly German name (Hans Jansen). However "Hans" has not been a popular baby name in German speaking countries for many decades. You'd expect any "Hans" to be over 70 or 80 by now. Unless they are American, like Hans Niemann. This could be a cultural oversight on the attacker's side, which points towards any culture that has a wide spread belief that typical German names are Hans or Fritz. From my experience, that is especially true for English speaking countries, mainly because of stereotypes displayed in Hollywood WWII movies. I wouldn't be surprised if cultural perception of Germany was different in China. Edit: some clarifications

ginko 3y ago
>They also used a sock puppet with a seemingly German name (Hans Jansen). However "Hans" has not been a popular baby name in German speaking countries for many decades. You'd expect any "Hans" to be over 70 or 80 by now. Unless they are American, like Hans Niemann. Jansen is a Danish/Norwegian surname and Hans is still fairly popular in Denmark. https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-i-hele-befolkningen https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-i-...
- AnonymousPlanet 3y ago
  Interesting. Jansen is pretty common in Germany aswell. How old would a typical Danish Hans be? From what I can see in [1], Hans hasn't been a popular baby name for decades in Denmark either. Edit: Another country that seems to have retained popularity for "Hans" for a longer time than Germany is the Netherlands. According to [2], its popularity seems to have gone down significantly as well, with a further sharp dropoff in the 90s. There are plenty of other names to choose from if you want to create a fake personality. It's curious they chose one that sticks out among the age cohorts you would expect participating on Github. [1] https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-til-nyfoedte https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-ti... [2] https://www.babynamen.nl/naam/hans/ https://www.babynamen.nl/naam/hans/
  - keybored 3y ago
    > Interesting. Ironic. > > This could be a cultural oversight on the attacker's side,
xtracto 3y ago
What? I know at least 2 Hans who are native german, and are no older than 40. And I lived in Germany only for 4 years.

ginko 3y ago

>They also used a sock puppet with a seemingly German name (Hans Jansen). However "Hans" has not been a popular baby name in German speaking countries for many decades. You'd expect any "Hans" to be over 70 or 80 by now. Unless they are American, like Hans Niemann. Jansen is a Danish/Norwegian surname and Hans is still fairly popular in Denmark. https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-i-hele-befolkningen https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-i-...

AnonymousPlanet 3y ago
Interesting. Jansen is pretty common in Germany aswell. How old would a typical Danish Hans be? From what I can see in [1], Hans hasn't been a popular baby name for decades in Denmark either. Edit: Another country that seems to have retained popularity for "Hans" for a longer time than Germany is the Netherlands. According to [2], its popularity seems to have gone down significantly as well, with a further sharp dropoff in the 90s. There are plenty of other names to choose from if you want to create a fake personality. It's curious they chose one that sticks out among the age cohorts you would expect participating on Github. [1] https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-til-nyfoedte https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-ti... [2] https://www.babynamen.nl/naam/hans/ https://www.babynamen.nl/naam/hans/
- keybored 3y ago
  > Interesting. Ironic. > > This could be a cultural oversight on the attacker's side,

xtracto 3y ago

What? I know at least 2 Hans who are native german, and are no older than 40. And I lived in Germany only for 4 years.