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Very cool! The usernames are interesting. Some are still around, and many of them are (now hard to get) first names like sam, matt, greg, justin.

• SwellJoe 17y ago
  Yes, my name is impossible to get in its base form, even when I'm around from the very beginning.
  • larrykubin 17y ago
    Wow, looks like you signed up the very first day. My account is 938 days old.
    • SwellJoe 17y ago
      pg made me do it.
  • bootload 17y ago
    "... my name is impossible to get in its base form, even when I'm around from the very beginning. ..." the best you can get is http://web.archive.org/web/20071011015055/news.ycombinator.com/user?id=SwellJoe http://web.archive.org/web/20071011015055/news.ycombinator.c...
  • icey 17y ago
    That's one benefit to having a short nickname that's a mispelled word. Although, it's tougher to snag the name than it used to be.