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My Conspiracy theory is: he's trying to get people set "showdead" false. Why would he want that though, I don't know...

• numpad0 2y ago
  Could be symptom than disease. He's now including the word "pedo", and I don't think that is not a universally effective derogatory.
• thomassmith65 2y ago
  Is it worth any psychoanalysis? It's the internet.
  • neo4llm 2y ago
    Psychoanalysis? No Threat analysis? Maybe HN has value larger than for just for the community of people commenting here. It is also used as a platform for YC companies. YC Founders can even see each others usernames in orange color[1]. A spamming actor could also be testing the limits of the system now for a future attack. Anyway, this is the job an Infosec team usually deals with. Hopefully @dang / HN team has access to people with such skillset. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968246
    • thomassmith65 2y ago
      Threat analysis? Fair enough. It's probably as simple as 'Dan handles moderation and he's asleep'
• varenc 2y ago
  It's had the opposite effect for me. He made me switch showdead back to true so I can be blissfully ignorant.