Perhaps controversial for , but now you can create multiple accounts under your account (aka personas) that you can use as regular accounts, each with their own profile. The same email is used and you can switch between them under /account/accounts.
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Did it because I want to make a bot to bring top news from HN into my timeline as they arrive, because it's been a bit quiet recently and I need something to play with :p and I didn't want to use a different email to make an account.
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For this I built my own frontend to HN, my theme and my faves synced with my clone of Pinboard.
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To prevent abuse this is rate-limited to 2 new accounts per month.
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Two personas per month, but how many in total? I hope there is a total limit, right?
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I am with this. There should be a set maximum, otherwise it will for sure get abused. Five should be plenty, but to be generous, mayhap a maximum of ten?
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I like it! :-)
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I am honestly confused, what would you need multiple Accounts for that are not "entirely distinct" Can anyone tell me their use-case? maybe I just don't see it. ^C
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They are distinct, just under one main account, and credentials. They are personas. See them as Jekyll and Hyde, and…
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Freedom of expression is one, perhaps you want to say things and not be associated with your "regular" account, that would maybe be seen by co-workers or potential employers. Another is you want to make a bot to post some stuff but not be seen as actually typed by you.
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Different followings/ers as well. You could always do a new account with a new email to do that, so nothing is new here. It's just an easier way to make a different new account.
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Okay, thanks everybody. With other services where I had to separate concerns I just resorted to creating multiple accounts linked to dedicated Mail addresses, but it makes sense if you i.E. cater communication to separate groups. etc.. got it :)