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The problem isn't that your post is too glib. The problem is that: 1. Most of us have never heard of you before. 2. Nevertheless, you have somehow managed to
by mnemonicsloth 17y ago
The problem isn't that your post is too glib. The problem is that:
1. Most of us have never heard of you before.
2. Nevertheless, you have somehow managed to appear at the top of the front page,
3. ...apologizing for a conflict that none of us can remember and that I can't find with Google.
4. Taking 1+2+3 together, you look (at best) like you're taking yourself too seriously, and at worst like a manipulative spammer.
Please don't take this as an indication of hostility. If your intentions were legitimate, I wish you the best of luck in raising the quality of your site.
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- zeedotme 17y agoI'm not sure how to react to that to be frank... I'll try though. 1. I introduced myself, and have been active for a while but an (RSS)subscrber for a long while. 2. I wasn't expecting the post to get to the front page. At best, I thought it might receive a few points and a few people might comment and appreciate the effort I'd made. 3. I didn't really apologise. I just wanted to start afresh, and hope that you guys would consider reviewing our content to potentially share on HN in the future. Also, there wasn't a conflict, but there have been comments that have said stuff along the lines of "I've never enjoyed TheNextWeb" and some other slightly harsher stuff. 4. Maybe I am taking myself or ourselves too seriously, I don't really know. I do know I'm not a spammer though and genuinely just wanted to do something which I'd been thinking about for a while...I also figured it was rather personal & bold, in the sense that very few other tech sites/bloggers would consider doing it. And hey, I admit it did feel a little hostile at first, but thanks for updating your comment with that last line.
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