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Josh Constine writes Constine's Newsletter, a personal blog at constine.substack.com about startups and business. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “What do the eye-mouth-eye emoji on Twitter mean?”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
5HN people?
2020–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Josh Constine's Substack posts as sources or press coverage: one on why influencers are replacing others, one on leaked pictures of an Apple AR device, and one 'what does... mean' piece.

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.

The “why” & “how” behind tomorrow’s startup trends in AI and consumer. Written by ex-TechCruncher Josh Constine, now a VC at SignalFire. Gracefully adapt to the future with original essays that have been cited by NYT & 30 more outlets, 12K+ subscribers! Click to read Constine's Newsletter, by Josh C

Most-linked posts?

  1. What do the eye-mouth-eye emoji on Twitter mean?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. Blink Labs | SF Bay Area | Multiple Mobile Engineering Positions | Fully Remote Maybe you've heard about us, we are the stepchickens: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/style/step-chickens-tikto... https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/05/25/birds-of-... https://constine.substack.com/p/why-influencers-are-replacin... Last week we reached the top 10 social networking apps in the Apple App Store, and this is ju…

    Comment linking /p/why-influencers-are-replacing-fans

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)”
  2. Submitted What do the eye-mouth-eye emoji on Twitter mean? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Blink Labs | SF Bay Area | Multiple Mobile Engineering Positions | Fully Remote Maybe you've heard about us, we are the stepchickens as featured in NYTimes, Forbes, Washington Post and more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/style/step-chickens-tikto... https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/05/25/birds-of-... https://constine.substack.com/p/why-influencers-are-replacin... Last month we reached the top 5 soci…

    Comment linking /p/why-influencers-are-replacing-fans

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)”
  4. Submitted The Power of “Nametagging” as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Rumors say that Apple will be using circular QR codes [1]. Has anyone hacked those? [1] https://constine.substack.com/p/leaked-pics-from-apples-ar-a...

    Comment linking /p/leaked-pics-from-apples-ar-app-gobi

    on “The First Bar Code Was Round (2014)”
  6. Submitted Poparazzi photo app blows up by banning selfies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. More context here: https://constine.substack.com/p/what-does-mean-well We should know more tonight by 7 pm.

    Comment linking /p/what-does-mean-well

    on “itiswhatitis.fm”

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