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Comment by pwdisswordfish0 | Hacker News Reader

Off-topic, but I'm really amazed that HN account lasted for 2 years. I've seen pwdis accounts before, but they quickly get vandalized and locked out. Is this a lucky account, or is there a mod intervention?

Edit: oh wait, never mind, the profile does confirm that dang is involved. Interesting stuffs.

> the profile does confirm that dang is involved

Somehow I doubt this. If one account is shared by many, how is "users should have an identity that others can relate to" supposed to be possible?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.

I don't think shared accounts violates the guidelines since no accounts are routinely created from sharing it. Having an identity to relate seems to be an ideal preference, but not a hard requirement. Some people do routinely create new accounts anyway to avoid fingerprinting writing styles.

Anyway, shared accounts are interesting because it's a hack on the signin system to allow a more anonymous posting. It reminds of Stallman's aversion to password in the early days, and repeats his login ID as his password.[0]

[0] https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch07.html

Habit? So you've identified this poster doing this before?

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