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Is there a reason every recent post on this guy's blog has been posted on HN?

by s00pcan 16y ago

pmjordan 16y ago
Jacques used to be a very prolific and popular contributor to HN, but left for reasons detailed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161427 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161427 Many HNers follow his blog (which tends to be of consistently high quality) and/or twitter stream. HN profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm
- fooandbarify 16y ago
  Exactly. I don't know why s00pcan is being downmodded, it seemed like an honest question to me.
sophacles 16y ago
He's a guy who contributed greatly to the HN community. His blog posts have consistently been featured on HN, but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here. Further, there are other people who's every bog post makes front page here. It's how we roll. Stick around for a couple months, and you'll see it. There are also cycles and waves of people, topics, etc.
- radu_floricica 16y ago
  Maybe he's featured more lately because his break from HN gives him time and energy to write better? Just saying...
  - DeusExMachina 16y ago
    Or maybe just write more. All his writings have always been excellent, in my opinion (and also his comments here on HN).
  - sophacles 16y ago
    Yes, that is what I meant by * but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here.
BrandonM 16y ago
He was a well respected member of the community who commented a ton (he's still 3rd in karma: http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders) but decided to step away. That's part of it. The other part is that his blog posts are often interesting, insightful, and useful.
vijaydev 16y ago
sophacles and pmjordan had already given enough info on Jacques. One thing I can say about his posts (having recently posted a couple of them to HN myself) is that they are simple, clear and thoughtful and very much in line with the wavelength of people here at HN.

Is there a reason every recent post on this guy's blog has been posted on HN?

by s00pcan 16y ago

Is there a reason every recent post on this guy's blog has been posted on HN?

Jacques used to be a very prolific and popular contributor to HN, but left for reasons detailed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161427 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161427 Many HNers follow his blog (which tends to be of consistently high quality) and/or twitter stream. HN profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm

fooandbarify 16y ago
Exactly. I don't know why s00pcan is being downmodded, it seemed like an honest question to me.

sophacles 16y ago

He's a guy who contributed greatly to the HN community. His blog posts have consistently been featured on HN, but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here. Further, there are other people who's every bog post makes front page here. It's how we roll. Stick around for a couple months, and you'll see it. There are also cycles and waves of people, topics, etc.

radu_floricica 16y ago
Maybe he's featured more lately because his break from HN gives him time and energy to write better? Just saying...
- DeusExMachina 16y ago
  Or maybe just write more. All his writings have always been excellent, in my opinion (and also his comments here on HN).
- sophacles 16y ago
  Yes, that is what I meant by * but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here.

BrandonM 16y ago

He was a well respected member of the community who commented a ton (he's still 3rd in karma: http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders) but decided to step away. That's part of it. The other part is that his blog posts are often interesting, insightful, and useful.

vijaydev 16y ago

sophacles and pmjordan had already given enough info on Jacques. One thing I can say about his posts (having recently posted a couple of them to HN myself) is that they are simple, clear and thoughtful and very much in line with the wavelength of people here at HN.