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This Chrome Extension just replaces HN usernames with question marks. I've enjoyed using it so far myself and I'm curious what you think about the concept?",{"problem":43,"audience":49,"pricing":54,"motivation":55,"time_to_build":54,"stack":59,"openness":60,"stage":61,"team_size":60},{"value":44,"source":45,"evidence":46},"Reducing bias from seeing usernames on Hacker News","maker",[47],{"id":48},"post",{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Hacker News readers","inferred",[53],{"id":48},null,{"value":56,"source":45,"evidence":57},"Inspired by a Paul Graham essay on changing HN username colors and reverting",[58],{"id":48},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":63,"objections":72,"requests":98,"questions":113,"alternatives":124},[64],{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Makers's own use of the tool is positive; a commenter says hiding usernames would make threads more readable","commenter",[68],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"32480899","krapp","I made a userscript for that once, ages ago. It stopped working after HN updated something and I was too lazy to fix it. It made threads a lot more readable, honestly.",[73,84,91],{"value":74,"source":66,"evidence":75},"Usernames are already discreet and rarely noticed, so bias is minimal",[76,80],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"32476850","gruez","This isn't really a problem given how discreet the usernames on this site are, as opposed to other sites with profile pics or bold usernames. By default I don't really notice the…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"32510318","kamban","Nice concept, but I barely notice the usernames.",{"value":85,"source":66,"evidence":86},"Bot-like accounts posting news would not be helped by the tool",[87],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"32480898","egberts1","There’s quite a few HN usernames who have bot-like quality and post nothing but random news all day\u002Fall year. This tool would not help us.",{"value":92,"source":66,"evidence":93},"Usernames are already cryptic so hiding them is not useful",[94],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"32495909","alex1212","This is interesting but not necessarily useful as most usernames are quite cryptic to begin with",[99,106],{"value":100,"source":66,"evidence":101},"Port it to a userscript to support other browsers without Google services",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"32480311","adeleine","When you're so impervious to bias that you don't even know that people have a problem with it. Joking aside, have you thought of porting this into a simple user script that…",{"value":107,"source":66,"evidence":108},"Also hide points and reorder submissions to reduce bias",[109],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"32478653","quickthrower2","Nice work. I think hiding the points, and maybe reordering should get rid of more bias.",[114],{"value":115,"source":66,"evidence":116},"Whether hiding usernames reduces bias or hurts signal to noise",[117,121],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"32482411","bawolff","The flip side is that bias is a heuristic to try and boost signal to noise ratio. 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