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I have no idea what you are talking about, given that you are linking to a comment a decade old which has nothing to do with Conway's death just now; nor have I

by gwern 2y ago

I have no idea what you are talking about, given that you are linking to a comment a decade old which has nothing to do with Conway's death just now; nor have I commented on Conway in any way today or been on HN today until just now, where I saw your comment. (Nor do I intend to comment now that you have drawn my attention to her passing, as I generally feel that such obituary notices should try to celebrate the good about a person, as posterity will have quite enough time to consider the bad as well.) If you disagree and wish it 'kept out', my suggestion would be to... not link it? Especially in other pages which have nothing to do with Conway?

DonHopkins 2y ago
I'm sorry, I confused you with a twitter account that used the same name as yours, as I was upset by Lynn's passing. I take back what I said about you being an asshole.
- gwern 2y ago
  You are, unfortunately, not the first to be misled by my impersonator. I've done what I can to get that account blocked: I have reported him for impersonation to Twitter years ago, after his previous accounts, and I have asked my followers to report the account to get it banned, and I have asked again just now. If any HNers would like to take a moment to report the false troll https://x.com/gwernbranwen1 https://x.com/gwernbranwen1 account for impersonation of my real Twitter account, https://x.com/gwern https://x.com/gwern , I would be grateful - there must be some number of reports at which he'll finally be banned... But Twitter takes forever to ban impersonation accounts, so, 'gwernbranwen1' keeps on tweeting that crap. (Why, you might wonder? I don't know. I have no idea who or why whoever is behind that account does it. They have never explained it anywhere I've seen, nor do they seem to particularly hate me or are trying to ruin my reputation; their main fixation seems to be misogynist hatred of a few women like Julia Wise. I've met Julia Wise all of once, who is a nice woman who I liked, but I otherwise have no particular connection to her, and I have no idea why anyone would want to harass her online like that or why they would do so under my name. It's just the Internet, I guess: https://gwern.net/littlewood https://gwern.net/littlewood )
  - telotortium 2y ago
    Whoa, look at that - the impersonator is suspended now.
DonHopkins 2y ago
As somebody with a twitter feed full of recent pathetic misogynistic shit like this: https://x.com/gwernbranwen1/status/1742214526878265550 https://x.com/gwernbranwen1/status/1742214526878265550 ...you are in no position to make claims about how posterity will consider the bad things about other people, asshole.
- telotortium 2y ago
  That’s a fake account - gwern’s real account is at https://x.com/gwern https://x.com/gwern. It’s usually protected, but he occasionally processes his follow requests.

by gwern 2y ago

DonHopkins 2y ago

I'm sorry, I confused you with a twitter account that used the same name as yours, as I was upset by Lynn's passing. I take back what I said about you being an asshole.

gwern 2y ago
You are, unfortunately, not the first to be misled by my impersonator. I've done what I can to get that account blocked: I have reported him for impersonation to Twitter years ago, after his previous accounts, and I have asked my followers to report the account to get it banned, and I have asked again just now. If any HNers would like to take a moment to report the false troll https://x.com/gwernbranwen1 https://x.com/gwernbranwen1 account for impersonation of my real Twitter account, https://x.com/gwern https://x.com/gwern , I would be grateful - there must be some number of reports at which he'll finally be banned... But Twitter takes forever to ban impersonation accounts, so, 'gwernbranwen1' keeps on tweeting that crap. (Why, you might wonder? I don't know. I have no idea who or why whoever is behind that account does it. They have never explained it anywhere I've seen, nor do they seem to particularly hate me or are trying to ruin my reputation; their main fixation seems to be misogynist hatred of a few women like Julia Wise. I've met Julia Wise all of once, who is a nice woman who I liked, but I otherwise have no particular connection to her, and I have no idea why anyone would want to harass her online like that or why they would do so under my name. It's just the Internet, I guess: https://gwern.net/littlewood https://gwern.net/littlewood )
- telotortium 2y ago
  Whoa, look at that - the impersonator is suspended now.

DonHopkins 2y ago

As somebody with a twitter feed full of recent pathetic misogynistic shit like this: https://x.com/gwernbranwen1/status/1742214526878265550 https://x.com/gwernbranwen1/status/1742214526878265550 ...you are in no position to make claims about how posterity will consider the bad things about other people, asshole.

telotortium 2y ago
That’s a fake account - gwern’s real account is at https://x.com/gwern https://x.com/gwern. It’s usually protected, but he occasionally processes his follow requests.