[coderdude]

He's saying that because the person who says they've been here for 8 years registered 16 days ago. As if, in 8 years of Inflammatory HN commentary, only just now did they decide to stop lurking. And only just now did they become so vocal about what matters to them.

That's my interpretation. It could also mean the more obvious, "I've been here for 8 years but under a different name."

[midgetjones]

I specifically did not deny it was a sockpuppet. That was not my point.

[12-4]

> It could also mean the more obvious, "I've been here for 8 years but under a different name."

Bingo. Why didn't you start with the more obvious interpretation?

I've been here in my estimation for 7-8 years, with maybe the first 2 years of that being lurking. Check that 4 year old 'ledge' account too and you'll see that all the facts and stylometric features line up.

When the 'submitting too fast' limitation (which ironically is because you people were downvoting me) is lifted on my current account, I'll be happy to angrily post from there again too.

And I'm not using any of these other accounts to downvote anyone, or do anything deceptive. But how else could I prove that my current account being 16 days old is meaningless? I have made probably 30+ accounts on HN, and I wish I could find one of the 5-6 year old ones and log into it to really drive it home that you're wrong.