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The user_id is the per-sidesite user id (in the above case, for Stack Overflow). The account_id is the global Stack Exchange account id (i.e. the id of your Stack Exchange account).

The account_id is probably the best key if you're looking for a global identifier, since the individual per-sidesite user ids will be different on each site the account is associated with.

The user_id is the per-side user id (in the above case, for Stack Overflow). The account_id is the global Stack Exchange account id (i.e. the id of your Stack Exchange account).

The account_id is probably the best key if you're looking for a global identifier, since the individual per-side user ids will be different on each site the account is associated with.

The user_id is the per-site user id (in the above case, for Stack Overflow). The account_id is the global Stack Exchange account id (i.e. the id of your Stack Exchange account).

The account_id is probably the best key if you're looking for a global identifier, since the individual per-site user ids will be different on each site the account is associated with.

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The user_id is the per-side user id (in the above case, for Stack Overflow). The account_id is the global Stack Exchange account id (i.e. the id of your Stack Exchange account).

The account_id is probably the best key if you're looking for a global identifier, since the individual per-side user ids will be different on each site the account is associated with.