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| Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate accounts (stylometry.net) | ||
| recommended by 4 users | 2022 | 3 points by costco | hn tools | original thread | | ||
| 4 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| satvikpendem Feb 25, 2025 | on: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code | context |
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Maximus9000 Jun 16, 2023 | on: Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments | context
The trouble with throw away accounts is that there is technology to link the accounts by comparing your writing style to other accounts. Hacker news had a good demonstration of that awhile back. |
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mohn Sep 30, 2024 | on: Bop Spotter | context
I enjoyed playing with that webapp [0], bummer that it's down now. |
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mikeodds Dec 25, 2024 | on: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username… | context
Using stats this is called stylometry and I agree this will probably be easier at scale now. You can also match posting windows, pull additional features from database dumps/hacks. Fun post applying it to HN, not sure if the site is still live: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016 |
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This was far more impressive to be quite honest [0].
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016