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Reasonable Conversation
Personal blog · reasonableconversation.wordpress.compoliticswriting
Reasonable Conversation is a personal blog at reasonableconversation.wordpress.com about politics and writing. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link posts on the Facebook Platform and OAuth, and on the "punch up, not down" idea, cited when criticising a Show HN site with racist and ableist content.
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.
You'd Like Me When I'm Angry
Most-linked posts?
- /2012/07/19/punching-up/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-02
What Hacker News says?
Thanks, but not mine. :) I think this may be the original: http://reasonableconversation.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/punch...
Comment linking /2012/07/19/punching-up/
on “OAuth of Fealty: Resignation beyond sorrow on the Facebook Platform and beyond”Submitted Donald MacGillavry, the Genius Hoax as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWell...can't say you've done a great job targeting folks related to slaves or folks with STDs, but at least the site looks good? Even as small as this, racist and ableist statements are inappropriate and alienating. Punch up, not down. http://reasonableconversation.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/punch...
Comment linking /2012/07/19/punching-up/
on “Show HN: Perspective Mockups – Hipster-as-fuck perspectives for your mockups”