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Alex Shvartsman
Personal blog · alexshvartsman.comwritingculture
Alex Shvartsman's personal blog at alexshvartsman.com covers writing and culture. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Fair and Square (merchant problems with square)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link his posts on payment disputes and scams, such as Venmo fraud and Square account problems, and his follow-up on the Square dispute.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Fair and Square (merchant problems with square)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-13
- Screwed by Square2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-11
What Hacker News says?
Huh. So what happens (is supposed to happen) to merchants in the event of a chargeback? * Paypal purportedly credits sellers if the seller proves they shipped / sold something [1] * Square does not necessarily credit sellers and may pull funds from a bank account [1]. (May have changed since the article?) * Visa protects merchants from fraud-related chargebacks if the online sale is "verified by Visa"[2]; if not, th…
Comment linking /2014/02/11/screwed-by-square/
on “It’s Easy to Get Scammed on Venmo”Submitted Screwed by Square as a story · 160 points
HN discussionThere is a followup from the OP that is even more interesting: http://alexshvartsman.com/2014/02/13/fair-and-square/
Comment linking /2014/02/13/fair-and-square/
on “"I got screwed by Square" a lesson in why customer service still matters”Submitted Fair and Square (merchant problems with square) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion