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I have been one of the biggest submitters of Atlantic links to HN in the past year (and, no, The Atlantic doesn't pay me to post links) and I will now cease sub

I have been one of the biggest submitters of Atlantic links to HN in the past year (and, no, The Atlantic doesn't pay me to post links) and I will now cease submitting Atlantic links. I used to submit a lot of Atlantic links to my Facebook wall too, also never, ever being paid to do so, and I will cease posting Atlantic links there too. And I think I had better write to the editors of The Atlantic, like James Fallows, and tell them why I no longer recommend their publication. I will read The Atlantic from time to time based on recommendations from other readers I trust, but I will not put my own trust on the line to support their business anymore. AFTER EDIT: For those of you who need to detox after seeing a Scientology puff piece on the Atlantic website, I recommend the Village Voice website, which has an extensive set of articles http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/scientology/ http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/scientology/ in a humorous but fact-checked manner on the inside story of Scientology.

newbie12 14y ago
HN should consider banning links to the Atlantic for a year.
- brown9-2 14y ago
  Because they took questionable advertising from an organization we don't like? That's a bit much.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    You should probably look into the organization's history in censoring the internet.
  - voltagex_ 14y ago
    I'd go further. They're a dangerous, internet-hating cult.
    - illuminate 14y ago
      And a literal terrorist organization.
  - untog 14y ago
    The advertising isn't the problem, IMO. It's the comment censoring that is worrying.
- dhughes 14y ago
  reddit did.
- marshray 14y ago
  Better yet, reroute them through a 90's website filter such as http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=7&url=www.theatlantic.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...
Gustomaximus 14y ago
I'm always looking to trim my RRS feeds. This is a pretty good reason to drop The Atlantic. Such as a shame as I loved their journalism.
colanderman 14y ago
The Tampa Bay Times has a good long-running series on Scientology as well: http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/ http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/

newbie12 14y ago

HN should consider banning links to the Atlantic for a year.

brown9-2 14y ago
Because they took questionable advertising from an organization we don't like? That's a bit much.
- illuminate 14y ago
  You should probably look into the organization's history in censoring the internet.
- voltagex_ 14y ago
  I'd go further. They're a dangerous, internet-hating cult.
  - illuminate 14y ago
    And a literal terrorist organization.
- untog 14y ago
  The advertising isn't the problem, IMO. It's the comment censoring that is worrying.
dhughes 14y ago
reddit did.
marshray 14y ago
Better yet, reroute them through a 90's website filter such as http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=7&url=www.theatlantic.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...

Gustomaximus 14y ago

I'm always looking to trim my RRS feeds. This is a pretty good reason to drop The Atlantic. Such as a shame as I loved their journalism.

colanderman 14y ago

The Tampa Bay Times has a good long-running series on Scientology as well: http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/ http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/