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Danny Brown
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Danny Brown's personal blog at dannybrown.me covers business and writing. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN links Danny Brown's blog only as examples: one commenter cites his roundtable posts as multi-voice examples, and another discusses Klout's scoring without opt-out. 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.
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What Hacker News says?
Klout was scoring people without asking them, leading to a lot of people getting low scores (effectively being told "you suck at social media"). When there was no opt-out, people felt like they were being cajoled into playing a game that they don't want to play. (Similar concerns were raised about Get Satisfaction.) "there are many people who don’t wish to be a part of a non-regulated system, and one that can (right…
Comment linking /2011/10/25/a-letter-to-joe-fernandez-of-klout/
on “Stross: Klout violates UK privacy laws.”Submitted Facebook for Android and Why Zuckerberg now owns your ass as a story · 76 points
HN discussionYeah, you can definitely include more than two people. Here are a couple of roundtable examples with multiple voices: - http://dannybrown.me/2015/03/16/the-future-of-content-part-4... - http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/7/8565733/be-roundtable-as...
Comment linking /2015/03/16/the-future-of-content-part-4-the-return-to-pure-blogging/
on “Show HN: The platform used for the TechCrunch interview with Sam Altman”Submitted PinPal wants to use your friends to create a sex meat market as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Butterfly Effect of Entrepreneurship as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Tech Already Has Women (And Why They’re Better Than Arrington) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Bloggers Need to Do Unscripted Interviews as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Future of Social Conversations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Heineken Understands the Importance of Employee Culture as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Because Marketing Is Much More Than Just for Sales as a story · 1 points
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