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cobrabyte · 2014-02-21 13:58:19+00:00

Thanks for the link. I don't know that I would have considered using the site without the vouching of HN users.

Oh well, call me paranoid.

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2020-10-01 19:20:36

HN is an internet forum. Obviously you shouldn't trust it.

NKosmatos | karma 4892 | avg karma 4.98 · | 2019-10-23 15:29:00+00:00

Perhaps they’re just trying to be helpful to other HN users? Before this post I didn’t know any of the sites posted, now I’ve got a few ones I can check out.

StreamBright | karma 4217 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2017-06-19 11:46:12+00:00

HN is a nieche website for mostly tech people. It has a very nice way of moderating content and I haven't really heard of any misuse of power yet (anecdotal evidence).

DeltaCoast | karma 73 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2023-06-07 16:45:19

Do you have a link to share? Btw I'm surprised you just made a HN account to share that? Seems kind of suspicious but I don't know why.

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2016-04-07 14:26:07

You definitely shouldn't do that. It's against the rules, and HN users sniff it out like truffle pigs.

asdf333 | karma 739 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2019-10-11 00:55:46

got it. thanks for the response.

Just worried that HN could be a target for concerted manipulation just like facebook/reddit/twitter

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ekzhang | karma 358 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2022-04-09 20:09:56

Thanks for the words of warning! I’ll keep a lookout for malicious uses, especially now that it’s gotten a bit of attention on HN, which was not planned. Feel free to let me know if you see something suspicious, as well.

deely3 | karma 557 | avg karma 1.36 · | 2023-08-28 15:47:41

HN is a spam site, noted.

haltingproblem | karma 5040 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2021-03-30 19:41:28+00:00

"Dangerously stupid"? Please review the HN site usage guidelines.

moe | karma 13342 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2009-07-23 13:07:49+00:00

HN itself is kinda covered, http://hnstatus.net

grawprog | karma 10757 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2018-06-01 14:49:36

Yup hn is pretty insidious with silently controlling everything on it's website of content provided by everyone else.

Magicstatic | karma 415 | avg karma 5.19 · | 2017-01-11 21:55:52+00:00

Interesting enough, HN itself was actually susceptible to this and it was reported by a security researcher:

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

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zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2021-12-17 19:09:55

That’s a fair comment. That having been said, most of what I’m relying to is straight up dishonesty that HN has no way to police.

HN isn’t for that either.

But I agree - I should stay away from this stuff.

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jrubinovitz | karma 156 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2013-07-03 17:12:00+00:00

Yes, I do not feel comfortable giving this site my HN credentials.

greenyoda | karma 16146 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2021-11-23 00:34:25

How do I know whether a web site that I've never heard of before is legit or suspicious? One way of finding out is to give them a disposable e-mail address and see if they spam me or share my address. If you want my trust, you need to earn it.

Also, providing a disposable e-mail address doesn't make me any less of a "real person". For example, I've been here on HN for 11 years. I originally signed up with a disposable e-mail address (one of the domains on your block list), and only gave them my real address several years later, when I started corresponding with the moderators. If HN had no problem at all with this, why should you?

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chockablock | karma 902 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2014-05-26 02:27:43+00:00

Did you verify that the HN user is who they claim to be?

StavrosK | karma 1 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2020-04-14 01:36:38+00:00

Thanks, I noticed that just before reading your comment. I guess I can get HNS on another site and send it to them without verifying, thanks.

puffoflogic | karma 254 | avg karma 0.43 · | 2022-04-19 10:41:29

What makes you think HN would allow such links?