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Jeff Jarvis
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Jeff Jarvis writes BuzzMachine, a personal blog at buzzmachine.com about politics, writing and culture. Since 2007, 81 different Hacker News readers have linked it 96 times, most often “Facebook's Mistake: Confusing a public with the public”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (20) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Jeff Jarvis's buzzmachine.com as a source on news business, journalism, fake news and FTC and telecom policy, and a few recommend specific posts.
- Recommended for · 4 comments
- Liked its fake-news suggestion #4 most; completely agreed with its point; worth a look on Craig Newmark's role
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 20 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The media pundit's pundit. Written by NYC insider Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine covers news, media, journalism, and politics.
Most-linked posts?
- Facebook's Mistake: Confusing a public with the public2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-14
- The Jobless Future (2011)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-19
- Is it time to give up on old news?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-28
- Verizon, caught red-handed2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-18
- A Call for Cooperation Against Fake News2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-11-25
- FTC protects journalism’s past2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-29
What Hacker News says?
What to do about fake news? Some suggestions[1] from John Bothwick Jeff Jarvis. I particularly like #4. "Make the brands of those sources more visible to users". ------- [] http://buzzmachine.com/2016/11/18/call-cooperation-fake-news...
Comment linking /2016/11/18/call-cooperation-fake-news/
on “We Tracked Down a Fake-News Creator in the Suburbs”Submitted We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going to have a jobless future as a story · 275 points
HN discussionCompletely agree. I only read the post. I didn't check out the guy's dating site because I'm in a relationship and I'm still working on trying to make it more open. The one habit I think still needs to be taught to people on dating sites is the value of publicness and openness. About two years ago I got my mom to sign up for OkCupid (a few years after her divorce) and the biggest problem I encountered was her reluct…
Comment linking /2010/04/22/privacy-publicness-penises/
on “The Lie Hollywood Loves to Tell”Submitted Verizon, caught red-handed as a story · 209 points
HN discussionCraig Newmark also gave $20M to the CUNY graduate journalism school (where Jeff Jarvis teaches), which now bears his name. For a reflection from Jeff on Craig's role, see: https://buzzmachine.com/2018/06/11/thank-you-craig/ . It's worth a look.
Comment linking /2018/06/11/thank-you-craig/
on “News Site to Investigate Big Tech, Helped by Craigslist Founder”Submitted Google takes the FTC to school as a story · 107 points
HN discussionSkimmer is an experiment that simply re-packaged the content of the times. There are lots of problems with contemporary news design that skimmer didn't even try to address: • The article is a fundamentally bad unit of news for the internet. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/05/28/the-article-as-luxury-... • Customization is one thing, but being able to choose from a dozen different layouts is a sign that none of them…
Comment linking /2011/05/28/the-article-as-luxury-or-byproduct/
on “NYT Skimmer”Submitted The NSA, Germany, and journalism as a story · 101 points
HN discussionJust because it's technically compatible doesn't mean the network operator will allow the device, does it? I remember hearing Jeff Jarvis' story about trying to get Verizon to let him use a Nexus 7 tablet. IIRC was compatible with the network but Verizon dragged their feet for a long time. https://buzzmachine.com/2013/11/06/the-verizon-saga-continue...
Comment linking /2013/11/06/the-verizon-saga-continues/
on “Librem 5 Hardware Update”Submitted Leo LaPorte explains podcast economics: $350,000 expenses, $1.5 million rev as a story · 59 points
HN discussionMy understanding is that Verizon is required by the FCC to allow any device on their network, as a result of Google hijinks in 2008. That said, enforcing it is another matter. http://buzzmachine.com/2013/09/17/verizon-caught-red-handed/
Comment linking /2013/09/17/verizon-caught-red-handed/
on “Google just approved our first CyanogenMod phone”Submitted Nose, face, cut, spite: Blocking Google as a story · 25 points
HN discussionHow about organizing a summit to disrupt the USPS? I got involved in the question of the future of postal, oddly, because of my book, What Would Google Do? [sorry for the plug], when postal execs asked what the USPS would be if Google ran it. Hmmm. You guys could help answer that. A consultant in the industry organized an event in DC, PostalVision 2020, and we had Vint Cerf come keynote. I'd like the next phase to f…
Comment linking /2010/03/23/post-postal/
on “The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse”Submitted Rupert has balls as a story · 22 points
HN discussionYes, although I can't imagine many people would recognize the concept yet. http://scripting.com/2014/06/02/whatIsARiverOfNewsAggregator... http://buzzmachine.com/2006/08/22/the-river-of-news/
Comment linking /2006/08/22/the-river-of-news/
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite thin websites (text only or limited images)?”Submitted Reboxing iPad as a story · 20 points
HN discussion> Columbia doesn't do lectures for people who run web sites. CUNY does. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/12/01/cunys-entrepreneurial-... That said, CUNY is playing upstart here.
Comment linking /2010/12/01/cunys-entrepreneurial-journalism-program/
on “The Atlantic Turns a Profit, With an Eye on the Web”Submitted Our notion of nations: Jeff Jarvis as a story · 13 points
HN discussionJeff Jarvis went ahead and talked to Facebook to get some background on the issue: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2011/08/19/disliking-like-in-germ...
Comment linking /2011/08/19/disliking-like-in-germany/
on “Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine”Submitted This is bullshit - we must move past the one-way lecture to collaboration as a story · 13 points
HN discussionInteresting to compare this 'unprecedented jobs boom' with forecasts made in 2011: https://buzzmachine.com/2011/08/05/the-jobless-future/ Jeff Jarvis said, "We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going to have a jobless future." Alfons wrote: "This is an unprecedented time in history, been a long time coming, but never the less, a not if but when phenomenon. I have been thinking, writing and talking about…
Comment linking /2011/08/05/the-jobless-future/
on “The rich world is enjoying an unprecedented jobs boom”Submitted The journalism bubble as a story · 10 points
HN discussionAs an Australian this debate sounds very incomprehensible to me, too. That's because what it really is is a fairly unnuanced shake-down by the government on behalf of Murdoch media[1][2]. [1] https://youtu.be/2BPLBIgKjN8 [2] https://buzzmachine.com/2021/02/18/murdochs-law-and-the-net/
Comment linking /2021/02/18/murdochs-law-and-the-net/
on “Tim Berners-Lee says Australian media pay law would make internet unworkable”Submitted News Publishers Go to War with the Internet – and We All Lose as a story · 7 points
HN discussionIn addition to reading the article (which is good), I recommend that everyone watch this to get the perspective of various thinkers on the topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOoHRircmhM&feature=playe... It starts getting especially interesting around 1:00:00 when Cowen and Ford start talking. A few things: - The idea of "personal shoppers" being a growth area seems dubious. With recommendation and predictive desi…
Comment linking /2011/08/05/the-jobless-future/
on “New Wave of Adept Robots Is Changing Global Industry”Submitted NSA by the numbers as a story · 6 points
HN discussionNot knowing what you are looking for, here is a start: https://www.poynter.org/ See training and events. They do have a fee. Also look at the books & blogs by Jeff Jarvis: * https://buzzmachine.com/ * https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/author/ref=dbs_P_W_auth?_e...
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on “Ask HN: Any recommended online courses on journalism?”Submitted Jeff Jarvis: Google is too big for its own good as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI found a podcast site that linked to the mp3 of each episode but it still directed towards the CBC, meaning it still didn't work. Just shot them (CBC) an email about putting it up again for streaming. Luckily, while it was up, I was able to listen to the entire thing around 10 times. Yes, I found it that interesting. Below is the link I used to originally find out about the radio series. "Confusing a public with th…
Comment linking /2010/05/08/confusing-a-public-with-the-public/
on “The Future of Reputation”Submitted Is it time to give up on old news? as a story · 5 points
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