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Abie Katz
Personal blog · abiekatz.com · on HN as abiekatzstartupsculturewriting
Abie Katz writes Tumblr, a personal blog at abiekatz.com about startups, culture and writing. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments concern Hacker News traffic: one cites a post on the HN effect with its page-view numbers, and another asks for a corrected link to 'On Becoming a Thing'. Neither judges the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Exploring. Former VC. These are my musings on technology, startups, investing and life.
What Hacker News says?
If you're post is only on the new section and never makes the front page it will still get a bit of traffic. http://abiekatz.com/2010/08/20/introducing-a-new-theory-the-... It got 5 karma points and 29 page views from Hacker News. So making the front page is very important for getting traffic from HN. I am sure this is the case for any social news site.
Comment linking /2010/08/20/introducing-a-new-theory-the-recommendularity/
on “The HN Effect in Numbers”Submitted Introducing a New Theory: The Recommendularity as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe problem with online education is the lack of available credentials that are well recognized. The main reason people pay $50k a year to go to a top school is to get the well recognized credential. The ability to learn has gone online. Many top colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Yale and Harvard have put some of their course material online but you can't get recognized for what you have learned. Someone needs to crea…
Comment linking /2011/06/salman-khan-presents-his-vision-of-the-ideal-university/
on “Will Your College Survive?”Submitted What if each student performed two standard deviations better? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMight want to fix the link - the proper one on your site right now is http://abiekatz.com/2012/05/o-becoming-a-thing/ (Note: "o-" as opposed to "on-" here on HN.)
Comment linking /2012/05/o-becoming-a-thing/
on “On Becoming a Thing”Submitted The 1,000 Resume Problem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Becoming a Thing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Internet is a Teleportation Device for Our Minds as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Great Idea: Worthless yet The Second Most Important Thing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stake Your Digital Claim as a story · 1 points
HN discussion