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Why have there been so many new accounts created on HN lately?
Maybe my perception is faulty, but there seem to be a lot more green accounts around lately.
Where are they all coming from? Are they legitimate people, or socks? Does anybody have a way to check and see if the account creation number actually has been abnormal, in order to confirm or reject my suspicion? (Obviously pg can...)
- jaredsohn 13y agoYou can maybe get some understanding from the data gathered by Hacker News Karma Tracker. This can only be done starting in February 2013, though, since it only includes accounts that have made comments since mid-January. 3326: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/february-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/february-2013 2013: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/march-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/march-2013 1115: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/april-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/april-2013 1557: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/may-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/may-2013 2717: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/june-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/june-2013 973+: http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/july-2013 http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/month/july-2013 Perhaps it is a change-in-season thing? (biggest months above are February and June, although July looks like it will also be high.)
- RankHorror 13y agoWhy would it matter? Are you that bored?
- luke-stanley 13y agoIt could mater if the system of ranking on HN is being gamed here, like how the US Military has IP addresses that change the ranking of Reddit posts.
- MisterWebz 13y agolike how the US Military has IP addresses that change the ranking of Reddit posts Care to elaborate?
- andrewcooke 13y agohttp://blog.reddit.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day.html http://blog.reddit.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-m... - look at the "most addicted city".
- MisterWebz 13y agoMost addicted city is apparently Eglin Air Force Base. But then how did you conclude that they were changing the rankings of Reddit posts?
- andrewcooke 13y agoi didn't. i am just trying to explain what the original poster was referring to. i would guess that they're making some implication / assumption about organized voting. but that's just a guess. i thought maybe it would help you, but i get the impression you're more interested in being pedantic for internet points... \me shrugs, walks away.
- javert 13y agoBecause it seems that most of these people are making troll comments, like yours, although that's an even more subjective judgement. Anyway, it's important to detect overt abuse of the community, because in some cases, things can be done to preserve the community.
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- 27182818284 13y agoI haven't personally noticed it in the short term. In the long term, I mean, we've had accounts for roughly the same amount of time on the site so we've both seen trends and the overall traffic is http://www.archub.org/hntraffic-17oct12.png http://www.archub.org/hntraffic-17oct12.png
- malandrew 13y agoPossibly the desire to comment on the NSA stories anonymously maybe? Do you have an approximate date when lots of new accounts were created?