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The Grumpy Editor encounters FirebugThe Grumpy Editor encounters FirebugPosted Aug 30, 2007 4:02 UTC (Thu) by midg3t (guest, #30998)In reply to: The Grumpy Editor encounters Firebug by evgeny Parent article: The Grumpy Editor encounters Firebug
I wonder if it's really worth publishing user ID numbers alongside the comments. I don't understand what it gains, aside from the tiny possibility of reducing the ability to impersonate a user by using a similar name.
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The Grumpy Editor encounters Firebug Posted Aug 30, 2007 7:31 UTC (Thu) by evgeny (guest, #774) [Link] Well, I like this feature - one easily sees who's a senior subscriber and who isn't ;-) B. boards typically list user's join date. Consider this an equivalent.
The Grumpy Editor encounters Firebug Posted Aug 30, 2007 14:36 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] I'm not sure what it gives you other than a warm fuzzy feeling, though: for it to mean anything more you'd need to know the subscriber signup rate (should I be scared that I first thought 'first derivative of signups with respect to time'?)
The Grumpy Editor encounters Firebug Posted Aug 30, 2007 14:47 UTC (Thu) by evgeny (guest, #774) [Link] I get a zero-order approximation by knowing the date the LWN subscriptions began and my own subscription date and #; first order corrections might be made based on occasional Jon's statistics reports ;-)
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