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Tumblr is a personal blog at alexstechthoughts.com about startups and career. Since 2012, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 147 times. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.

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147mentions?
7HN people?
2012–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 77 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked by one commenter in an HN thread on getting traction on Hacker News, but the comment cites a different article (groovehq.com) rather than any post on this blog.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Building Upstream. Cofounder of SocialRank (acq by Trufan), ex-BD at Dwolla & Aviary. Co-Author of Pitching and Closing. Liz Taub is my better half. Click Here To Buy My Book!

What Hacker News says?

  1. BTW I found some great insights in following article and its comments about posting on HN. https://www.groovehq.com/blog/hacker-news Especially a comment, which says "My point is simple. Find something worth writing about that the HN community is hungry for, and come up with a good title for the post. No need to manually market your post on twitter or to your friends. Just post and watch your real-time analytics soa…

    Comment linking /post/29406022580/how-to-get-on-the-frontpage-of-hacker-news

    on “Ask HN: How to get lucky with Hacker News?”
  2. Submitted Stop Glorifying Hard Work and Long Hours as a story · 477 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The Startup Life Is Not For Everyone as a story · 160 points

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  4. Submitted Stealth Startups Are Stupid as a story · 87 points

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  5. Submitted Given The Opportunity: Should You Do TechStars or YC? as a story · 55 points

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  6. Submitted How To Win A Hackathon as a story · 48 points

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  7. Submitted The Next Big Consumer Application Will Possibly Not Come From An Accelerator as a story · 34 points

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  8. Submitted Can You Trust An Early-Stage VC With a HIR and EIR? as a story · 27 points

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  9. Submitted What’s Your API Strategy? as a story · 27 points

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  10. Submitted Can Developers Really Be Bought Off To Build At Hackathons? as a story · 27 points

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  11. Submitted Data from two years of blogging with no SEO as a story · 19 points

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  12. Submitted How To Get On The Frontpage of Hacker News as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The Best Companies Don’t Do Accelerator Programs as a story · 17 points

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  14. Submitted Raising Money From Top Tier VC Firms Means Less Than You Think as a story · 16 points

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  15. Submitted Dealing With Jerks as a story · 16 points

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  16. Submitted The Wide Spectrum of Being A Slave To Your Email as a story · 10 points

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  17. Submitted Leaving A Startup On Good Terms as a story · 10 points

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  18. Submitted Biz Dev Documentation as a story · 10 points

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  19. Submitted Would Anyone Care If Your Startup Disappeared? as a story · 6 points

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  20. Submitted Thoughts On Braintree + PayPal Alliance (From Someone In The Payments Space) as a story · 5 points

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  21. Submitted I Didn’t Sign Up For This as a story · 4 points

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  22. Submitted Taking the Leap: From Banking to Tech as a story · 4 points

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  23. Submitted My Teespring Experiment as a story · 3 points

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  24. Submitted 4 Things People Need To Stop Saying In The Startup World as a story · 3 points

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  25. Submitted I’m Soo Busy. I’m Soo Tired. as a story · 3 points

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  26. Submitted The Proper Way To Ask If You Can Make An Introduction as a story · 3 points

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  27. Submitted Why I Spent A Month In Iowa For My Startup as a story · 3 points

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  28. Submitted Take Tech News With A Grain Of Salt as a story · 3 points

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  29. Submitted Snapchat is worth more than $3B as a story · 2 points

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  30. Submitted How Many Meetings Does It Take To Close A Deal? as a story · 2 points

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