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0 pointssimonw2mo ago0 comments

I definitely won't be automating submission to places like HN.

I figure if you chose to follow me on Bluesky/Twitter/Mastodon/LinkedIn there's no ethical issue at all with me automating the process of having my new blog entries show up in my feeds there, as opposed to copying-and-pasting the links by hand.

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tolerance2mo ago

No, no, perhaps you misunderstood me. I like how you link to your own writing in the discussions here. I don't suspect you to start automating that.

To tell you the truth I came to this actual submission to express my apathy toward the ‘POSSE’ concept but I saw you here and figured that I could somehow voice that feeling while simultaneously making mention of a sharing method that I do find worthwhile and more personable. And not an easy thing to pull off.

How much of your traffic comes from HN as opposed to the other platforms?

simonwOP2mo ago

According to Plausible in the last 12 months my traffic has been 38% "direct/no referrer", 25.5% Google, 12.5% Hacker News, 8.3% Twitter.

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