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> You have a very clear (and in my opinion on point) critique of what you're presenting us, but you don't have the inclination to write a blog post? Correct.
by yid 13y ago
> You have a very clear (and in my opinion on point) critique of what you're presenting us, but you don't have the inclination to write a blog post?
Correct. I don't have a blog, and don't care to set one up. And I'd imagine a .gov link would have a lower chance of being linkbait.
- alialkhatib 13y agoThere are mediums (pun not intended) where you can make the equivalent of a blog post without much effort (Medium, Quora, I'm sure there are others). And link-bait is more about the marketing used to get people to click on the link (e.g. editorializing), isn't it? I don't want to get into semantics, so let's consider this a minor detail, because the more important matter is that you're editorializing. HN has a pretty clear (and helpful) set of guidelines on posting: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >If you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead. I'm not trying to harangue you or anything; you make a good point but it's hamstrung by a length-limited title section.
- warrenmcwin 13y agoI really appreciate your efforts in explaining the posting guidelines, here! It's about respecting the forum; this is _not_ some one individual's personal editorial-logspace, but instead a place to share and discuss full-bodied web content. Now, to defend this poster -- it's a quick point that speaks volumes. "A link is worth a thousand bytes," sometimes.