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3 Days ago Rohin (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rohin http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rohin) the co-founder of Pricenomics posted the articl

3 Days ago Rohin (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rohin http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rohin) the co-founder of Pricenomics posted the article: "We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses" (http://priceonomics.com/mattresses/#industry http://priceonomics.com/mattresses/#industry) to which I responded: "We need a Warbly Parker for Diamonds" (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4522922 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4522922). Niggler posted a comment to this Atlantic article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4523063 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4523063) and then submitted it as a new post that didn't get traction because I am guessing of his new status (green name text) in the HN community. Olalonde (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=olalonde http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=olalonde) who is an old hat commented on the article, but didn't get that many up votes or reply's (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4525901 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4525901), but submitted the Atlantic article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611) that Niggler found and brought to the HN community. Now this great article from 1982 is on the front page of HN.

olalonde 14y ago
Actually, I posted this article just after reading the story about Russia revealing a secret diamond field containing "trillions of carats" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4534468 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4534468 (I don't recall reading niggler's comment or yours honestly). I think that's why it got so many up votes. In fact, it seems this article is regularly submitted on HN: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=Have+You+Ever+Tried+to+Sell+a+Diamond&sortby=points+desc&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=Hav.... Now that I think about it, I think I first discovered this article through HN 2 years ago.

olalonde 14y ago

Actually, I posted this article just after reading the story about Russia revealing a secret diamond field containing "trillions of carats" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4534468 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4534468 (I don't recall reading niggler's comment or yours honestly). I think that's why it got so many up votes. In fact, it seems this article is regularly submitted on HN: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=Have+You+Ever+Tried+to+Sell+a+Diamond&sortby=points+desc&start=0 http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=Hav.... Now that I think about it, I think I first discovered this article through HN 2 years ago.