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Tom Slee's personal blog at tomslee.net covers economics, politics and culture. Since 2013, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 33 times, most often “Why The Sharing Economy Isn’t”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2013–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2014

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why The Sharing Economy Isn’t
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-08-31
  2. Airbnb Stories
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-01-23
  3. Some obvious things about Internet reputation systems
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. I've read some interesting writing on the topic: - http://tomslee.net/2013/08/why-the-sharing-economy-isnt.html - http://www.fastcompany.com/3042248/the-gig-economy-wont-last...

    Comment linking /2013/08/why-the-sharing-economy-isnt.html

    on “Magic”
  2. Submitted Why The Sharing Economy Isn’t as a story · 196 points

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  3. That's a concern as old as search engines themselves. https://tomslee.net/2008/03/mr-googles-guid.html

    Comment linking /2008/03/mr-googles-guid.html

    on “Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi”
  4. Submitted Should the Apache Foundation stop hosting NSA-sponsored code? as a story · 51 points

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  5. Thanks for the feedback! The reason we have leaderboards on the homepage in the first place is to quickly answer the question, "Is anyone actually making a living here?" I looked at Flattr and could not for the life of me answer that question. Now that the matter is established, I agree that it's time to change the homepage. I've added a +1 for you to https://github.com/gittip/www.gittip.com/issues/1074 . Re: Storie…

    Comment linking /2014/01/airbnb-stories.html

    on “Gittip, Year Two”
  6. Submitted Why the “Open Data Movement” is a Joke as a story · 26 points

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  7. http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/in-praise-of-fake-reviews/ http://tomslee.net/2013/09/some-obvious-things-about-interne...

    Comment linking /2013/09/some-obvious-things-about-internet-reputation-systems.html

    on “Uber Tests 30% Fee, Its Highest Yet”
  8. Submitted The shape of Airbnb’s business as a story · 9 points

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  9. I suspect users of these sites are fully aware what kind of a bad deal these websites are. If you are in a situation where you cannot be fully employed or start your own business, they seem like your best hope. These websites are exploitative because they can hold the livelihood of people on already shaky ground hostage. Since the clients on these websites know that the users may be somewhat desperate, they can driv…

    Comment linking /2013/08/why-the-sharing-economy-isnt.html

    on “Freelancer.com is destroying my life”
  10. Submitted Some obvious things about Internet reputation systems as a story · 7 points

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  11. http://tomslee.net/2008/03/mr-googles-guid.html It also works better on mobile.

    Comment linking /2008/03/mr-googles-guid.html

    on “Mr. Google's Guidebook (2008)”
  12. Submitted Why the Sharing Economy Isn’t as a story · 6 points

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  13. Yup. It started with the campaign touting the positive effects on the NYC economy, now it's the "let's pull some heartstrings" video. For those who missed it, I've outlined my experience with AirBnB (as a non-host in a building with hosts) last week - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7923849 (top comment) For anyone defending AirBnB here's a nice list of things to read before you do so: http://www.sfchronicle.co…

    Comment linking /2014/06/the-shape-of-airbnbs-business-ii.html

    on “Airbnb Political Campaign [video]”
  14. Submitted Stallman on Openness as a story · 5 points

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  15. Submitted Why Canada should de-activate Uber as a story · 5 points

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  16. Submitted How Airbnb Hid the Facts in New York City as a story · 4 points

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  17. Submitted Airbnb and Gentrification as a story · 4 points

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  18. Submitted Uber Drivers Earning $90K/year? More Evidence Needed as a story · 3 points

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  19. Submitted The case of the power drill as a story · 2 points

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  20. Submitted No True Airbnb Host… as a story · 2 points

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  21. Submitted Airbnb Stories as a story · 2 points

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  22. Submitted Sharing Economy Startup Generator as a story · 2 points

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  23. Submitted This Week in the Sharing Economy: The Move to Professionalism as a story · 2 points

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  24. Submitted Airbnb Business in New York, Revisited as a story · 2 points

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  25. Submitted Uber: (Getting Over)^3 as a story · 1 points

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  26. Submitted Volkswagen, IoT, the NSA and open source software: a quick note as a story · 1 points

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  27. Submitted The People’s Platform: Who are No Logo’s Children? as a story · 1 points

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  28. Submitted Sharing economy and informal economy as a story · 1 points

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  29. Submitted Airbnb Stories as a story · 1 points

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  30. Submitted Six Degrees of Omidyar as a story · 1 points

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