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Stuart Hall

Personal blog · stuartkhall.com/posts · on HN as appbotstartupsprogrammingbusiness

Stuart Hall's personal blog at stuartkhall.com covers startups, programming and business. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “Stop Allowing App Reviews From Beta iOS Versions”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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30mentions?
6HN people?
2012–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 16 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a post on preventing negative app reviews from iOS beta users. The one comment argues users should be steered toward private in-app feedback instead of public reviews.

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.

Perth based mobile app founder and App Store Experiment author. Co-founder of Appbot and creator of 7 Minute Workout.

The author on HN?

appbot · 324 karma · member since 2012

http://stuartkhall.com

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Stop Allowing App Reviews From Beta iOS Versions
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-06-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. appbot · 2013-09-24
    I currently make betweet $3k and 4k a month from http://stuartkhall.com/posts/an-app-store-experiment and http://appbot.co

    Comment linking /posts/an-app-store-experiment

    on “Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?”
  2. discovr · 2013-01-16

    Submitted iOS Development Tips If You're Just starting Out as a story · 283 points

    HN discussion
  3. vlbeta · 2013-08-08
    The real problem lays in the default trained behavior of the user - leave a review if _anything_. Both app developers and Apple have wrongly been pushing users to voice opinions publicly in app reviews, leaving app developers exposed with no way to communicate with those users. The real solution is to start pushing users to communicate their suggestions and issues privately, in the app, where you can better manage c…

    Comment linking /posts/stop-allowing-app-reviews-from-beta-ios-versions

    on “How negative app reviews from iOS beta users could be prevented”
  4. vlbeta · 2013-08-08

    Submitted Stop Allowing App Reviews From Beta iOS Versions as a story · 188 points

    HN discussion
  5. appbot · 2013-06-20

    Submitted An App Store Experiment as a story · 127 points

    HN discussion
  6. appbot · 2014-03-13

    Submitted Android Development Tips For iOS Devs as a story · 92 points

    HN discussion
  7. appbot · 2012-10-19

    Submitted iOS 6 Adoption Stats One Month In as a story · 46 points

    HN discussion
  8. appbot · 2012-10-16

    Submitted Finding A Development Process For a Small Startup Team as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  9. appbot · 2012-10-30

    Submitted Device Distribution For A Universal iOS App as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  10. qzervaas · 2014-07-28

    Submitted What Makes A Successful App Store Name? as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  11. appbot · 2014-08-05

    Submitted An App Store Experiment Part 4 – Nearing 2M Downloads as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  12. appbot · 2013-06-13

    Submitted Stop Allowing App Reviews From Beta iOS Versions as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  13. discovr · 2013-02-01

    Submitted Tips For Keeping Up With iOS Development as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  14. appbot · 2015-02-10

    Submitted An App Store Experiment Part 5 – The Finale as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  15. appbot · 2013-08-14

    Submitted An App Store Experiment Part 2 - In App Purchases as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  16. appbot · 2013-09-19

    Submitted iOS 7 Development Tips, Tricks & Hacks as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  17. appbot · 2014-07-07

    Submitted Choosing Localizations By Analyzing App Store Review Distribution as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. appbot · 2014-01-31

    Submitted An App Store Experiment – Part 3 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. appbot · 2013-08-24

    Submitted The App Store Is About To Change as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. appbot · 2013-06-25

    Submitted iOS Developer Tool Belt - Essential Services and Libraries as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. discovr · 2013-01-31

    Submitted 31% iOS 6.1 Uptake After Three Days as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. discovr · 2013-01-25

    Submitted iOS Simulator Tips as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. appbot · 2012-10-17

    Submitted My Top Startup Quotes Of All Time as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. appbot · 2014-07-09

    Submitted App Review Word Clouds as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. appbot · 2014-04-24

    Submitted Surviving Working From Home (Even With Kids) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. vlbeta · 2013-11-18

    Submitted AppBot founder, Stuart Hall, reviews Helpshift as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. anandabits · 2013-09-26

    Submitted IOS 7 Development Tips, Tricks & Hacks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. tomorgan · 2013-08-23

    Submitted An App Store Experiment - Part 2 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. appbot · 2012-11-19

    Submitted 4 Months And 1k Users as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. appbot · 2012-10-15

    Submitted My Bootstrapped Startup Book Reading List as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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