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Peter Shankman
Personal blog · shankman.combusinessculture
Peter Shankman's personal blog at shankman.com covers business and culture. Since 2008, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Be Careful What You Post on Twitter”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Shankman's post 'Be careful what you post' as background on an online-reputation story, where a FedEx employee's emailed reprimand was later leaked. The posts cover the consequences of online posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Be Careful What You Post on Twitter3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2009-01-16
- The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told, Starring Morton’s Steakhouse2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-18
What Hacker News says?
Also, FedEx didn't publicly call the guy out or try to punish him. An employee sent him an email and cc'd their director. The employee's email got leaked out somehow later. http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=189 http://shankman.com/be-careful-what-you-post/
Comment linking /be-careful-what-you-post/
on “How Not to be a Key Online Influencer ”Submitted The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told, Starring Morton’s Steakhouse as a story · 413 points
HN discussionSubmitted Be Careful What You Post on Twitter as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Don't You Do Some Work? as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Peter Shankman's ADHD Superpower Webinar as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Be Careful What You Post Online as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A rant about the TSA ranters as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Facebook Got WhatsApp For a Steal as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Secret Eight-Dollar Guaranteed Flight Upgrade Trick as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's your "fate worse than death"? as a story · 1 points
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