Ive wanted tp poll HN about how many people actively track usernames.
With IRC its basically part of the task, but every forum i read, its rare that i ever consider whose saying what.
With IRC its basically part of the task, but every forum i read, its rare that i ever consider whose saying what.
Doesn't really help a ton with recognizing but it makes it easier to track within a thread.
There are people who show up much less often and have less obvious usernames, Andrew Ayer is agwa for example, and I'm sure there are people I blank on entirely.
Once in a while I will read something and realise oh, that "coincidental" similarity of username probably isn't a coincidence, I believe the first time I realised it was Martin Uecker was like that for example. "Hey, this HN person who has strong opinions about the work by Uecker et al has the username... oh... Huh. I guess I should ask"