Looking at the comments here, am I alone in being completely unaware of famous users here? While browsing HN I pay zero attention to the users and simply look at the content or comments.
I'm flattered to be on this list :) Thanks for upvoting me lol. I tend to be a bit of a cantankerous bitch in the comments here but I deeply enjoy this community and learn so much from you all.<p>Here are the posts from my own site that HN liked the most:<p>1) Brutality of Life Reading List, 93 points
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24458522" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24458522</a><p>2) Thriverism, 21 points
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24330086" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24330086</a>
Idle curiosity: which users have the most karma per comment?<p>And most karma per comment if you filter out "politics" (although that is hard and vague) ?<p>How many high karma users are inactive? pg (creator of the site) seems to be one: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg</a><p>FWIW here is the leaderboard: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders</a><p>----<p>Also my impression is that this list is overwhelmingly male, although I guess that's not too surprising
So, do you have a plan?<p>I mean, mine is pretty random but has somewhat become routine. I come to Hackernews, browser, and read as part of my email reading routine. Then, before I retire for the day and sleep, I submit the articles I read during the day which I believe are interesting. The next morning, some of them usually sip through, and I see them on the front pages. The best cases I have seen so far are four stories amongst the top 30 at an instant.<p>Hackernews is perhaps the last frontier of subtle tech fun these days, without the overcrowded cheesy slapstick jokes around the Internet.
Not to take anything away from the page. It was nice to see some great names in there. And honestly the list is a testament to massive value given to the community. I’ve learned so much.<p>However, I love seeing tech hard-hitters throw in a message or two and who I see have low karma. Or people who have been here for ages and just quietly do their thing. Karma probably helped move it forward (great guide of quality from a high level) but it’s come at a cost. When people start to compete for the karma and not to build the community, we lose something. PaulG, for one.<p>I had this fantasy that there’s a YC-only version that rhymes with the public HN.
Missed out the sci-fi author Charles Stross:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross</a><p><a href="https://www.antipope.org/charlie/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antipope.org/charlie/</a><p><a href="https://www.accelerando.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.accelerando.org/</a> (Problem with certificate?)<p>- He once moaned that I had described the Land Registry as a UK institution rather than an England and Wales one. That’s the last time I borrow one of your books from a public library, Charles! :)
Educated guess: I think step 5 in the process didn't attempt to discover links that are missing <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> or <a href="https://" rel="nofollow">https://</a>.
Lol guess I’m “famous”.<p>I’m curious how many of these websites are active, any idea?<p>I really only post on <a href="https://austingwalters.com" rel="nofollow">https://austingwalters.com</a> but have all my side projects listed
“I wonder if I made this cut”, I asked myself. Karma > 10k, check. Then I scroll down and my sci-fi graphic novel (1) is #3 on the hand-curated list. Thanks!<p>I just finished a short comic for a Webtoons contest; engagement is a significant part of how they’re gonna judge it, so if you like my stuff then check it out (2) and leave a nice comment to increase my chances of getting a $5-50k prize. I don’t make anything near FAANG money so even the low end would make a big difference in my finances. :)<p>1: <a href="http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/" rel="nofollow">http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/</a>
2: <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-sins-of-chloe-franklin/chloes-evening-out/viewer?title_no=789730&episode_no=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-sins-of-chloe-fran...</a>
Yes! Looks like I'll only need to be on HN for another 21 years to become HN famous! ;)<p>Purusing these personel pages are fun. I also have an idle curiosity if these top accounts get karma mainly from comments or submits? As in are comments or stories are the driving portion of the HN karma system?
Well I really wouldn't say I'm anything close to a famous HN users but it's funny to be included in the list.<p>What's sort of disappointing is that it seems I'm the only one there to have an .onion address!
Nice, I made the list. Thanks for putting this together.<p>Interesting backgrounds, and also the spread between those rankings. I guess this is also good motivation to finally finish my draft blog posts.
RSS feeds for 5 out of the Top Hits list
<a href="https://breckyunits.com/feed.xml" rel="nofollow">https://breckyunits.com/feed.xml</a>
<a href="https://www.gwern.net/feed.rss" rel="nofollow">https://www.gwern.net/feed.rss</a>
<a href="https://www.righto.com/rss.xml" rel="nofollow">https://www.righto.com/rss.xml</a>
<a href="https://blog.jgc.org/rss.xml" rel="nofollow">https://blog.jgc.org/rss.xml</a>
<a href="https://www.sonyasupposedly.com/rss/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sonyasupposedly.com/rss/</a>
Someone else scraped HN users in September 2020 to determine which posts were most favorited (by the top 10k users per most comments weighted by number of favorites, then dang shared most favorited globally):<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24351073" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24351073</a>
I guess I don't pay that much attention to usernames. I've been browsing HN since 2011 and I recognized 5 usernames after scrolling (fairly fast) through the whole list.
It seems that the list is not comprehensive since Walter's website is not included [1]. Fun fact, the most famous Jacques once posted Walter website on HN [1]:<p>[1]<a href="https://walterbright.com/" rel="nofollow">https://walterbright.com/</a><p>[2]<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7825763" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7825763</a>
Well this was a good reminder to add my website to my HN bio! Just crossed the 10k boundary, but I wouldn't say I'm "famous" at all. There are only a few users who I recognise – jaquesm, pc, dang, patio11, dannybee, maybe a few others.
Sorry to be <i>that person</i>, but I think this is probably a good example of something which is covered by the GDPR. OP has built profiles and is storing information about people, which makes them a data controller under the GDPR, and subject to its extraterritoriality provisions, as some of these users will be EU/UK citizens. I don't believe the exemption for personal use applies, as the data is being published.<p>If I remember correctly, they're now supposed to contact each person individually, explain why they're storing their data, and obtain their consent.<p>In practice, the chances of someone making a complaint and the issue being enforced are extremely low.