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698 points tilt | 2 comments | 29 Sep 15 18:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mildbow ◴[29 Sep 15 19:34 UTC] No.10298938[source]▶
Awesomeness.

I think this is a great idea for the community. I applaud this decision because there are quite a few accelerators, but the special part about YC is HN. Being open enough to give it it's own editorial steering wheel is a great indication of goodwill to the community :)

Now that HN is it's own thing, maybe we'll see access(api?) for vote attribution?

Is that even remotely possible? Or, are the implicit privacy issues too much of a burden?

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1. GrinningFool ◴[29 Sep 15 20:00 UTC] No.10299150[source]▶
"Now that HN is it's own thing, maybe we'll see access(api?) for vote attribution?"

I'm curious why you'd want this? Typically when voting people don't expect that they're going to be 'named and shamed', or even categorized on any level other than anonymously for stats.

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2. dang ◴[29 Sep 15 21:31 UTC] No.10299810[source]▶
The research on deanonymization is so powerful that I doubt we'd even release it anonymously for stats.