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Jim Leff
Personal blog · jimleff.blogspot.comculturewriting
Jim Leff's personal blog at jimleff.blogspot.com covers culture and writing. Since 2009, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “So they're shutting down Chowhound, just four months short of its 25th birthday”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Blog by Jim Leff, founder of Chowhound. Commenters link his posts on moderating online communities, perceptual framing, and personal beliefs, and one calls his perceptual framing writing interesting.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Totally Overthinking It
Most-linked posts?
- So they're shutting down Chowhound, just four months short of its 25th birthday2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-09
What Hacker News says?
We are living in Utopia. https://jimleff.blogspot.com/2019/04/did-you-miss-part-about...
Comment linking /2019/04/did-you-miss-part-about-how-were-in.html
on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”Submitted How to Save $5000 on Your Logo as a story · 26 points
HN discussionJim Leff, who founded and ran Chowhound long ago, has a lot to say about the perils of moderating an online community: https://jimleff.blogspot.com/2008/08/always-talk-to-mask.htm...
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on “Reddit's top user leaves platform after harassment”Submitted An interview with a moderator as a story · 7 points
HN discussionI would love to contribute to a system like the one you describe that was not based on fealty to any particular system of belief. That being said, I'd argue that the belief (especially the affinity of shared belief) is totally fundamental to the system at any sort of scale. My own beliefs [0] are unfortunately not easily evangelized. [0] https://jimleff.blogspot.com/2013/06/apprecianity.html
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on “How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive”Submitted So they're shutting down Chowhound, just four months short of its 25th birthday as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI think he's working on a book, but Jim Leff (of Chowhound.com fame from way back) is obsessed with perceptual framing and writes some interesting stuff about it: https://jimleff.blogspot.com/search/label/perceptual%20frami...
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on “Framing 101”Submitted Thoughts on Chowhound’s Demise from Founder as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Climbing Ladders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Crux of Creativity as a story · 2 points
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