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A bit of a lost opportunity, because I've barely heard about Pinboard, and the fact of them celebrating the passage of time since they were found, is extremely

A bit of a lost opportunity, because I've barely heard about Pinboard, and the fact of them celebrating the passage of time since they were found, is extremely trivial. BTW, MySpace recently turned eleven. When writing posts and news, typically you want the headline to focus on a new feature, a new app, or if it'll be a number, focus on a meaningful number, like number of users, something that could engage those who aren't engaged right now. Way it is, a birthday party of some company I know little about is someone else's party, and I won't even open the article.

lemming 12y ago
That's your loss, in this case.
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rfrey 12y ago
a birthday party of some company I know little about is someone else's party Most of the value I get from HN, and social websites in general, is from people surfacing things I didn't know about.
- PeterGriffin 12y ago
  You have totally missed the point of my post, and I guess most of those that modded it. EDIT: Ok this is starting to get a little weird. What's with the comical negative overreaction to my posts. What exactly did I say to warrant that?
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  - jarek 12y ago
    > What exactly did I say to warrant that? Ironically, you have missed the point of the blog post. It wasn't written to market the service, nor to engage those who aren't engaged right now. Your comment sounds like it was written by a marketoid or a growth hacker.
    - PeterGriffin 12y ago
      Oh I see, Pinboard is so innocent, so pure, that a honest tip about how to reach more people who can find their service useful should be modded into the ground. I've tainted the Jesus of bookmarks by even implicitly suggesting in my post that they might be writing with the intention to be read. No, I suppose their intention is way more cosmic and godly than such low earthly concerns, how stupid of me. Aight, aight. I never stop learning when I'm here on HN.
      - idlewords 12y ago
        Your advice on how to write more persuasively got downmodded into oblivion, and you believe that most people here missed the point of your post (which was about effective communication). What does this tell you?
        PeterGriffin 12y ago
        It tells me I should spend less time on HN. Happy Pinboard birthday, by the way.
        PeterGriffin 12y ago
        All right, wishing you happy birthday got downmodded too. I'd just like to point out I'm for legalizing marijuana, I've signed a petition in support of net neutrality and I'm against killing babies. Let's see how this one goes.
        PeterGriffin2 12y ago
        You tell me. Those comments being downmodded also marked my user as "dead". I only post to myself now (on my original user). That's despite those are my first ever downmodded comments, and I don't think I've said anything quite so horrible to completely kill my user. HackerNews is the most f-cking hostile news site I've seen.

lemming 12y ago

That's your loss, in this case.

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rfrey 12y ago

a birthday party of some company I know little about is someone else's party Most of the value I get from HN, and social websites in general, is from people surfacing things I didn't know about.

PeterGriffin 12y ago
You have totally missed the point of my post, and I guess most of those that modded it. EDIT: Ok this is starting to get a little weird. What's with the comical negative overreaction to my posts. What exactly did I say to warrant that?
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- jarek 12y ago
  > What exactly did I say to warrant that? Ironically, you have missed the point of the blog post. It wasn't written to market the service, nor to engage those who aren't engaged right now. Your comment sounds like it was written by a marketoid or a growth hacker.
  - PeterGriffin 12y ago
    Oh I see, Pinboard is so innocent, so pure, that a honest tip about how to reach more people who can find their service useful should be modded into the ground. I've tainted the Jesus of bookmarks by even implicitly suggesting in my post that they might be writing with the intention to be read. No, I suppose their intention is way more cosmic and godly than such low earthly concerns, how stupid of me. Aight, aight. I never stop learning when I'm here on HN.
    - idlewords 12y ago
      Your advice on how to write more persuasively got downmodded into oblivion, and you believe that most people here missed the point of your post (which was about effective communication). What does this tell you?
      - PeterGriffin 12y ago
        It tells me I should spend less time on HN. Happy Pinboard birthday, by the way.
      - PeterGriffin 12y ago
        All right, wishing you happy birthday got downmodded too. I'd just like to point out I'm for legalizing marijuana, I've signed a petition in support of net neutrality and I'm against killing babies. Let's see how this one goes.
      - PeterGriffin2 12y ago
        You tell me. Those comments being downmodded also marked my user as "dead". I only post to myself now (on my original user). That's despite those are my first ever downmodded comments, and I don't think I've said anything quite so horrible to completely kill my user. HackerNews is the most f-cking hostile news site I've seen.