doppelganger-finder

Doppelganger-finder finds multiple accounts (doppelgangers) of a user.

2Distinct people

4Mentions

0Explicit recommenders

37GitHub stars

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Doppelganger-finder finds multiple accounts (doppelgangers) of a user.

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by 3-hour interval4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-07-09 12:19:49 UTC to 2014-07-11 11:47:18 UTC.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Jul 9, 12:00	2014-07-09 12:00:00 UTC	2014-07-09 15:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Jul 9, 15:00	2014-07-09 15:00:00 UTC	2014-07-09 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 9, 18:00	2014-07-09 18:00:00 UTC	2014-07-09 21:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 9, 21:00	2014-07-09 21:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2
Jul 10, 00:00	2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 03:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 03:00	2014-07-10 03:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 06:00	2014-07-10 06:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 09:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 09:00	2014-07-10 09:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 12:00	2014-07-10 12:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 15:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 15:00	2014-07-10 15:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 18:00	2014-07-10 18:00:00 UTC	2014-07-10 21:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 10, 21:00	2014-07-10 21:00:00 UTC	2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 11, 00:00	2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC	2014-07-11 03:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 11, 03:00	2014-07-11 03:00:00 UTC	2014-07-11 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 11, 06:00	2014-07-11 06:00:00 UTC	2014-07-11 09:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jul 11, 09:00	2014-07-11 09:00:00 UTC	2014-07-11 12:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

4 sources

The code is available here: https://github.com/sheetal57/doppelganger-finder (mods, this a dupe submission that dang asked me to make)

I only read up to this part: https://github.com/sheetal57/doppelganger-finder. Conclusion: Creepy! But, source code. Edit: github user sheetal57 lists a drexel.edu email address, and has 'starred' this: https://github.com/psal/JStylo-Anonymouth, also affiliated with drexel.edu. Conclusion: Less creepy! ...Wait

It seems safe to assume most "known" ring detection systems being used are private/secret since their goal is to prevent abuse and revealing their details might thwart their effectiveness. None the less, at least some ring detection work is being done publicly, and I've recently been trying to learn more about the methods being used. The following should be helpful to anyone who has to fight this sort of abuse: "Doppelganger Finder: Taking Stylometry To The Underground" https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sa499/papers/oakland2014-unde... Code: Find multiple accounts (doppelgangers) of a user https://github.com/sheetal57/doppelganger-finder https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/JStylo-Anonymouth https://github.com/psal/jstylo