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   by bengtan 5y ago

   See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27492255 for an incomplete solution to 1. Why do you want 3?
2. 32.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   > but in cases where someone is building an entire project (such as a website or a newsletter) on it. Oh, this is an interesting qualifier. The newsletter is not based solely on HN. There are other sources as well. How much is from HN? I
3. 33.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   I don't set out to only curate stories which don't reach the front page. That's just a side effect, not a criteria. Also, sometimes a story reaches the front page after it appears in my newsletter because it got re-submitted.
4. 34.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   I think it's fairly obvious. I'm gonna build a massive mailing list. When I get enough numbers, I'll include a link to a malicious website. Then people click on it and it'll download malware onto their computer. That wil
5. 35.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   Thanks!
6. 36.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   Thank you.
7. 37.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   Noted. Thank you.
8. 38.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   > Why are you delaying the content to newsletter subscribers? I'm not. It's only delayed when it gets posted to the web archive. Newsletter subscribers get it straight away. And ... (Full transparency mode) it's to encour
9. 39.▲
   by bengtan 5y ago

   > Is supposed to be substituted when it is send as an email? Yes. I copy-and-paste directly from the newsletter content into the web archives. That's how this artefact gets transferred across.
10. 40.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    I'm gonna think on how to solve this conundrum in a way that satisfies everyone. This is one data point I'll think about. Thanks for bringing it up.
11. 41.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Interesting. I didn't consider this. I'm gonna think on how to solve this conundrum in a way that satisfies everyone. This is one data point I'll think about. Thanks for bringing it up.
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    by bengtan 5y ago

    > Why, newsletters? Amongst other things, I'd like to build up a mailing list. But I realise newsletters don't work for everyone, which is why I also post to a freely available web archive. > Which is what I read when HN fro
13. 43.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Hi, This only applies to the latest issue which is subscriber-only for 1 week. If you subscribe, the latest issue is emailed to you a few minutes later. Earlier issues are publicly available in the archives.
14. 44.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Hmmm ... I thought a lot about this ie. whether to include the HN link. Problem is ... when I write the newsletter, most HN links are empty or only have one or two comments. Later on, the story reaches the front page on HN but it's a n
15. 45.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Hmmm ... it would be extra work that would, over the long run, end up being a lot of work. I'm doubtful whether readers would search my 'archive' vs. searching google (for example).
16. 46.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Noted. I'll add to my to-do list. Thanks!
17. 47.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Uh, this feed is for the website as a whole. Yes, the feed does include the newsletter but it's (currently) delayed by a week. Whereas subscribers get it non-delayed.
18. 48.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    No thanks. HN is uniquely not-commercially-focused, and I think most readers would like to keep it that way.
19. 49.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    My own newsletter / database of tech links: https://bengtan.com/interesting-things My own css colour selector/picker: https://bengtan.com/css-named-colours-picker/ My own anti-email-tracking
20. 50.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Clickable links; [1] https://bengtan.com/interesting-things [2] https://bengtan.com/newsletter/sample (redirects to the latest public edition)
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    Tell HN: I curate HN stories which didn't reach the front page

    220 points by bengtan 5y ago|62 comments
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    Creating a High Yield “Savings Account” with Crypto and DeFi(every.to)

    3 points by bengtan 5y ago|0 comments
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    Juggling from Above(kottke.org)

    1 points by bengtan 5y ago|0 comments
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    HashiCorp Makes Writing a Priority(slab.com)

    1 points by bengtan 5y ago|0 comments
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    Why a Mediocre Keyboard App Is Topping the App Store Charts(gizmodo.com)

    1 points by bengtan 5y ago|0 comments
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    by bengtan 5y ago

    I don't think they block link tracking clicks. I don't see how they could possibly do that. (Unless they take what I've discovered and incorporate it into their system. Even then, it wouldn't be 100% coverage. Some track
27. 57.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Can someone point me to a Litmus-based newsletter (or some other semi-regular email)? Happy to look, though can't promise when.
28. 58.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    I don't have any regular emails from them so I don't have any data to work with. If someone can point me to a Salesforce or HubSpot newsletter, I can susbcribe, get some samples, and then investigate. Re: BCC ... Uh, that's a
29. 59.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Possibly, but I don't know. If someone points me to a Sendgrid-based newsletter that I can subscribe to, I'd be happy to look.
30. 60.▲
    by bengtan 5y ago

    Hi, Author here. This investigation into email tracking attempts to deconstruct tracking links and pixels and highlight the data that is being collected. It covers Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Substack and other Mailgun retailers. There's al