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1. Dig up old stories from slashdot. 2. Write a blog post summarizing them. 3. Post to HN / Reddit. 4. PROFIT. Smart business plan.
by radicalbyte 14y ago
1. Dig up old stories from slashdot.
2. Write a blog post summarizing them.
3. Post to HN / Reddit.
4. PROFIT.
Smart business plan.
- iamdave 14y agoRemove step three and you've described a good third of the bloggosphere (why did I just use that word? Somebody get me a gin and tonic, ack)
- robinduckett 14y agoRemove step one and replace with "Lookup folklore.org stories"
- iamdave 14y agoHey this is a fun site to read, did not know of this. Thanks!
- mikeryan 14y agoI'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time this one's been on HN.
- bockris 14y agoMy guess is higher but I don't care to research it. The '500 mile email' and 'The story of Mel the Real Programmer' are trotted out on a regular basis also. As long as you can glean the story from the headline, you can ignore it. It's a tiny bit annoying but I'm not asking for a refund.
- jrockway 14y agoIt's a tiny bit annoying but I'm not asking for a refund. "All right, I've been thinking. When HN gives you recycled content, don't make comments - make the submitter take the story back! Get mad! I don't want your damn recycled stories, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see Paul Graham! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson recycled content! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's going to to burn your house down! With the recycled content! I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible anecdote that burns your house down!" Don't give him lemons, either.
- nell 14y agoSure its a bit annoying, but this is the first time a new member gets to read a fascinating story like this one.
- doktrin 14y agoFor what it's worth, I appreciated reading this story. Just because it may be old hat to HN and/or ./ veterans doesn't necessarily mean that it's not a reasonable contribution. However, I assume you are inferring that the OP made this contribution specifically to boost his/her karma points - a practice I do not support either.