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Another angry woman
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Another angry woman is a personal blog at anotherangrywoman.com about culture, writing and business. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link these pieces on depression and Anthony Bourdain's death mainly to warn readers about the author, Johann Hari, citing his 2011 plagiarism scandal and the criticism of his book Lost Connections.
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.
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What Hacker News says?
I am obliged to point out that Johann Hari has a distinctly chequered reputation. He lost his job as a columnist at The Independent in 2011 due to multiple substantiated allegations of plagiarism; it later transpired that he had vandalised the Wikipedia articles of journalists who had criticised his conduct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari#2011_scandals His book Lost Connections has been strongly criticise…
Comment linking /2018/01/22/thinking-critically-about-lost-connections-1-an-introduction-of-sorts/
on “Anthony Bourdain has died”Submitted Scams upon scams: The data-driven advertising grift as a story · 3 points
HN discussionCaveat lector: Johann Hari, the author of this piece, was involved in a major integrity scandal in 2011. He resigned from his job at The Independent after being accused of habitual plagiarism and admitted to vandalising the Wikipedia articles of journalists who had criticised him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari#2011_scandals His recent book Lost Connections , on which most of his recent articles about dep…
Comment linking /2018/01/08/five-things-wrong-with-johann-haris-comeback-book-that-i-spotted-from-the-extract-alone/
on “We Need New Ways of Treating Depression”Submitted How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Predictions on the soon-to-be-called death of social media marketing as a story · 2 points
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