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That’s a fair point! I would have to read HN’s terms of use though. Not sure if that’s allowed or not. I felt good scrapping the comments section since everyone

That’s a fair point! I would have to read HN’s terms of use though. Not sure if that’s allowed or not. I felt good scrapping the comments section since everyone there “opted in “ to share their website to the broader community.

vasco 7y ago
Use this https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
- philshem 7y ago
  Or this https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/y-combinator/hacker-news https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/y-combi...
jacquesm 7y ago
You can take it as read that people who write blog posts do that to share them with the broader community. Could one of you downvoters please explain why you think people would post blog posts if they do not want to share them? I fail to see how that would be possible.
- Jugurtha 7y ago
  And you never foresee the ripples. I wanted to buy books online and trade stocks when I was a student. MasterCard/Visa in Algiers, Algeria was a rarity, and banks didn't communicate. I called every bank in the country that was listed by the central bank, I knocked on their doors until I found one that offered students a card. I even had to write a document because they didn't have a form for that case. I finally got my card after a week of trips to the bank, city hall, administration, providing documents that were unlisted, etc. I computed that this wasted time multiplied by the number of people who would eventually go through the process and the fact almost nobody in the country had the card warranted detailing the steps. It would save time, and contribute to reduce the "underbanking". I wrote a blog post explaining how to do it with steps, as in provide the following documents, take these amount in these currencies. I attached the document/form I wrote so people could fill it and take it directly to the bank and save a trip. That asymmetry in information bothered me. That post 2013 post is read hundreds of times per day. It had more than a thousand comments, although it only lists 700+. People asking me questions, then getting their own cards, then themselves answering other people's questions, then updating me on what has changed. People I would meet in real life would tell me I looked familiar, and then they'd put it together and tell me they followed the post to get their card. Sometimes people referred me to my own post in case I wanted to get a card. I received emails from people freelanced online who wanted to bring money back here. One person even sent me credentials to their online account with thousands of dollars in and asked me if I can find a way to transfer it here (I told that person not to do that again and she said she felt she could trust me). Many times I'd receive a phone call from a friend who'd say they wanted to get a card, looked online, found a great post, then saw my name and laughed out loud because they knew me. And of course, I met interesting people.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    Yes, indeed. I have a few like that and I always wonder why those were the ones that got legs. This one for instance generates a couple of emails per week still years after: https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/ https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/ This one too, even inspired a play!: https://jacquesmattheij.com/trackers/ https://jacquesmattheij.com/trackers/
    - Jugurtha 7y ago
      I read the two pieces sequentially: from tragic to tragicomic.
- yawn 7y ago
  One reason is they don't actually want the "broader" community to see them. More than once I've seen people lament the fact that the "orange site" picked up one of their posts. There are Twitter accounts dedicated to making fun of things people say in the comments here. There are people who wrote scripts that do special things when the referrer to their site is HN.
  - crocodiletears 7y ago
    Can you point me to some of those twitters? Sounds entertaining.
    - jacquesm 7y ago
      N-gate would be one, not sure if they're on Twitter though. http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/
    - kick 7y ago
      All real quotes: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says?lang=ca https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says?lang=ca I think the threads on imageboards mocking HN are generally funnier, though.
      - crocodiletears 7y ago
        Thanks, and hell - I'll take those too if you got em
    - krapp 7y ago
      #hnwatch
- brudgers 7y ago
  Direct personal experience is why I think someone would write a blog post and not have much interest in sharing. I’m not an enthusiastic self promoter. Turning up my lizard brain volume gets in the way of living in ways that I find more fulfilling.
- codingdave 7y ago
  Not a downvoter, but I did have a blog that I didn't promote, which I used mostly to get practice with my writing. I enjoyed it being public but with zero traffic, because writing that is 100% private can easily turn into a private rant. If there is the chance it will be seen, I hold myself to a higher standard, and hopefully that practice comes across when I engage in written communications with others, whether on HN, other sites, or at work. Ultimately, though, all the sharing of our blog URLs and this related discussion made me realize that I didn't really want an audience, so I killed off my domain.
- oefrha 7y ago
  I occasionally blog about interesting technical problems I encountered and how I solved them. Someone who have the same problem might happen upon my posts through a search engine, and find them helpful; but I don't see the point of "promoting my blog" to people who're not looking to solve those problems. So the answer to "what is your blog and why should I read it" is you probably should not until you find my blog when researching on a problem.

vasco 7y ago

Use this https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API

philshem 7y ago
Or this https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/y-combinator/hacker-news https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/y-combi...

jacquesm 7y ago

You can take it as read that people who write blog posts do that to share them with the broader community. Could one of you downvoters please explain why you think people would post blog posts if they do not want to share them? I fail to see how that would be possible.

Jugurtha 7y ago
And you never foresee the ripples. I wanted to buy books online and trade stocks when I was a student. MasterCard/Visa in Algiers, Algeria was a rarity, and banks didn't communicate. I called every bank in the country that was listed by the central bank, I knocked on their doors until I found one that offered students a card. I even had to write a document because they didn't have a form for that case. I finally got my card after a week of trips to the bank, city hall, administration, providing documents that were unlisted, etc. I computed that this wasted time multiplied by the number of people who would eventually go through the process and the fact almost nobody in the country had the card warranted detailing the steps. It would save time, and contribute to reduce the "underbanking". I wrote a blog post explaining how to do it with steps, as in provide the following documents, take these amount in these currencies. I attached the document/form I wrote so people could fill it and take it directly to the bank and save a trip. That asymmetry in information bothered me. That post 2013 post is read hundreds of times per day. It had more than a thousand comments, although it only lists 700+. People asking me questions, then getting their own cards, then themselves answering other people's questions, then updating me on what has changed. People I would meet in real life would tell me I looked familiar, and then they'd put it together and tell me they followed the post to get their card. Sometimes people referred me to my own post in case I wanted to get a card. I received emails from people freelanced online who wanted to bring money back here. One person even sent me credentials to their online account with thousands of dollars in and asked me if I can find a way to transfer it here (I told that person not to do that again and she said she felt she could trust me). Many times I'd receive a phone call from a friend who'd say they wanted to get a card, looked online, found a great post, then saw my name and laughed out loud because they knew me. And of course, I met interesting people.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  Yes, indeed. I have a few like that and I always wonder why those were the ones that got legs. This one for instance generates a couple of emails per week still years after: https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/ https://jacquesmattheij.com/if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/ This one too, even inspired a play!: https://jacquesmattheij.com/trackers/ https://jacquesmattheij.com/trackers/
  - Jugurtha 7y ago
    I read the two pieces sequentially: from tragic to tragicomic.
yawn 7y ago
One reason is they don't actually want the "broader" community to see them. More than once I've seen people lament the fact that the "orange site" picked up one of their posts. There are Twitter accounts dedicated to making fun of things people say in the comments here. There are people who wrote scripts that do special things when the referrer to their site is HN.
- crocodiletears 7y ago
  Can you point me to some of those twitters? Sounds entertaining.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    N-gate would be one, not sure if they're on Twitter though. http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/
  - kick 7y ago
    All real quotes: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says?lang=ca https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says?lang=ca I think the threads on imageboards mocking HN are generally funnier, though.
    - crocodiletears 7y ago
      Thanks, and hell - I'll take those too if you got em
  - krapp 7y ago
    #hnwatch
brudgers 7y ago
Direct personal experience is why I think someone would write a blog post and not have much interest in sharing. I’m not an enthusiastic self promoter. Turning up my lizard brain volume gets in the way of living in ways that I find more fulfilling.
codingdave 7y ago
Not a downvoter, but I did have a blog that I didn't promote, which I used mostly to get practice with my writing. I enjoyed it being public but with zero traffic, because writing that is 100% private can easily turn into a private rant. If there is the chance it will be seen, I hold myself to a higher standard, and hopefully that practice comes across when I engage in written communications with others, whether on HN, other sites, or at work. Ultimately, though, all the sharing of our blog URLs and this related discussion made me realize that I didn't really want an audience, so I killed off my domain.
oefrha 7y ago
I occasionally blog about interesting technical problems I encountered and how I solved them. Someone who have the same problem might happen upon my posts through a search engine, and find them helpful; but I don't see the point of "promoting my blog" to people who're not looking to solve those problems. So the answer to "what is your blog and why should I read it" is you probably should not until you find my blog when researching on a problem.