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Yep, there are usually a lot of "piggybacking" (This comment is not mean spirited, just stating a fact) in HN. I made a similar comment a while back [1] https:
by ericol 6y ago
Yep, there are usually a lot of "piggybacking" (This comment is not mean spirited, just stating a fact) in HN. I made a similar comment a while back [1]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25625703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25625703
- TheRealPomax 6y agoYou do know that it's the same person, right? They're both links to articles on her website. There is no "piggybacking", this is literally her writing about making these things.
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- md224 6y agoNo, "piggybacking" refers to the posting of related material on HN after the original material becomes popular. The posting on HN is the piggybacking, not the writing of the material itself.
- TheRealPomax 6y agoWhat? This link was submitted by someone who found the article, liked it, and posted it here in the assumption others would like it too. That's literally the entire model of how HN works, that's not "piggybacking", that's exactly what HN wants you to do for it to serve the interesting articles on the web to its user base.