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instead of complaining about posting to hn something you have chosen to post publicly on the internet, consider not to publish it at all. if it is meant to be b
by levosmetalo 13y ago
instead of complaining about posting to hn something you have chosen to post publicly on the internet, consider not to publish it at all. if it is meant to be be seen only by email subscribers you could just, you know, put the story directly in email, not on your web site.
or is this just another way of self promotion?
- fbpcm 13y agoI think he was being sarcastic.
- noahc 13y agoIt's obvious, what is going on here. He's got two groups he's trying to reach and "the front page of HN" isn't one of the groups. The first group is his mailing list. People who have expressed a general interest in what Patrick has to say. Patrick is investing hours (probably) into each mailing and knows there are people who have a specific interest in each one of these mailings. Through the Magic of the Interwebs it's possible that this second group of people with a specific interest could possibly find this mailing if only he would put it on the internet publicly. And for various reasons putting it on his blog probably isn't the most advantageous way of putting it out there publicly. I hope your day improves, because it looks like it isn't going so well by the tone of your comment!
- joelhooks 13y agoThe emails are gold, and go out to 7000 people. I won't do it again put of respect for his request, but I guarantee every Friday will feature the web version of his email on the front page. Personally, this is the stuff I want to see on HN. Educational content that helps me towards my own goals as a developer and content producer.