pdenton 4 years ago

What the heck. 13-18 and 18-25. 25-35 and 35-45. 35-45 and 45-60. Those who are 18, 35, 45 or 60 years old cannot participate in this poll as the options are ambiguous.

  • kgwxd 4 years ago

    Doesn't matter, 24 is the highest number anyway.

  • zffr 4 years ago

    I interpret 18-25, and 25-35 as [18, 25), and [25, 35). So a 25yo would pick the second range

  • eulers_secret 4 years ago

    I'm 35 and went with the 25-35 bracket. Makes me feel younger. Guess I could also upvote the other one...

  • pan69 4 years ago

    The way I read this is; 13 to 18 (18 not including), 18 to 25, etc..

  • juancn 4 years ago

    I'm at the edge, I voted both.

anikan_vader 4 years ago

Nothing quite as fun as slowly de-anonymizing one's HN account over time :)

I've considered using a public HN account as so many do, but looking over my comment history, I write too many dumb comments. This is despite not even intentionally shiteposting as I do on most sites.

  • plibither8 4 years ago

    > de-anonymizing one's HN account over time

    Is this the case though? Pretty sure the votes are private, and probably only visible to the the few mods of HN.

  • emerged 4 years ago

    This is my garbage account where I post stupid embarrassing things. For real stuff I use another one. I’d hope this is typical but I’m afraid lots of people are leaving long trails linked directly to their real identity.

girzel 4 years ago

44, and just got my first job as a software engineer! (I've been programming since circa 2004, tho.)

andrewmcwatters 4 years ago

Respectfully, these age categories are quite wide. There’s a staggering amount of life that occurs in some of them.

bestouff 4 years ago

Hey, we're not so many in the 45-60 range. Are we already dead ?

  • Ourgon 4 years ago

    Nah, we probably are more wary about answering this type of poll. Them young'uns just give all their private data to anyone who asks, not so those of us who have been around a bit longer.

    • emerged 4 years ago

      The funny thing is you basically just revealed the same info in text form. Unless you’re actually 27 and this was all an elaborate misdirection. Blink twice if you’re 27.

lordnacho 4 years ago

Are poll choices jumbled up on purpose? This is one where it makes sense to keep an order.

  • samspenc 4 years ago

    I wonder whether there is a HN algorithm involved in the order; I've seen this happen to other polls, and genuinely interested in understanding what happens to the ordering.

    • noodles_nomore 4 years ago

      It's randomized. Refresh the page and get a different order.

shaughan 4 years ago

I voted, but it didn't change the count.

fuzzfactor 4 years ago

How old would you like?

That's how old I used to be.