Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy • Hacker News Board

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by School-Cotton » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

woodandsteel wrote: post #36

eldenbishop wrote: post #8

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Seems like an unusually large percentage of posts on Hacker News are behind paywalls, some soft, some hard, some with a maximum free articles per time-unit. I peruse most of the top stories daily and can't read a good number of them making me have to just read the comments to get a sense of the article. It is seriously annoying. I wish there was some kind of flair or warning on these posts.

I think HN should have a rule that if someone puts up a link that is behind a paywall, they should give some way to get around it. Like they should make the first comment a set of instructions, like disable JS or an alternative link.

Or you could just ignore things you aren’t willing to pay for, instead of expecting to be able to steal them.

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by fortran77 » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:09 AM UTC

amyjess wrote: post #93

joecool1029 wrote: post #62

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Understand that the way Buzzfeed covered it obscures the very real fact that there's a huge amount of controversy regarding this specific Satmar Hasidic community. This is not a question of Antisemitism, there have been very real issues directly caused by prominent rabbis within this community. These controversies are known to pretty much anyone in the NY metro area, so it makes sense that the NYTimes (being located…

There was also a notorious story of multiple kosher restaurants who had booked a lesbian comedienne only for the local kosher board, run by Hasidic rabbis, to blackmail them by saying that if they don't cancel on her they'll revoke their food's kosher certifications. [0] FWIW, I am Jewish myself, as is the source. [0] https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/brooklyn-eateries-cancel-les...

This story is mostly true, but what does it have to do with this group of Amazon sellers?

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by cik » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:34 AM UTC

fortran77 wrote: post #56

AWildC182 wrote: post #40

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Sometimes it's just cool to see how people different from ourselves live their lives.

"Ourselves?" As a Litvack Jewish person who goes to a Hasidic Minyan some of "us" are those people. ;-)

Halevei the most Litvish comment here.

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by selimthegrim » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:37 AM UTC

electriclove wrote: post #49

supahfly_remix wrote: post #7

Does the Hasidic community have any advantages in the reseller market? With some of their traditional businesses, such as the diamond trade they do: evaluating gems, connections for sourcing stones, etc.

There are also some online communities that facilitate networking in this area such as https://forums.dansdeals.com/

IIRC there is even a Hasidic version of Shark Tank floating around on YouTube

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by diN0bot » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 2:51 AM UTC

toasterlovin wrote: post #105

Smithalicious wrote: post #98

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God I hate the word bi-weekly; if you hadn't specified 14 days I would've thought it was twice a week. "bi-weekly" is never the right word to use because you always have to add additional information that makes it redundant.

For some reason the bi-weekly vs. semi-weekly thing doesn't confuse me, but I take your point and the dictionary seems to agree that it can mean either every two weeks or twice a week.

fort-weekly

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by wbl » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 3:15 AM UTC

CamelCaseName wrote: post #120

Alupis wrote: post #108

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> Some sellers can request disbursement at any time This applies to very few sellers.

> This applies to very few sellers. Fair enough. I am one of those few sellers and I tend to assume it's more commonplace than it is. In any case, I don't really understand the desire for instant disbursements. Certainly you eliminate the risk of Amazon carrying a larger balance than necessary, and in rare cash crunch situations it may rescue the day... But beyond that, why is it so desireable?

Retail is all about accounts receivable vs payable. Getting money faster means it can create interest while you wait to pay suppliers.

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by trianglem » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 3:34 AM UTC

joecool1029 wrote: post #62

fortran77 wrote: post #2

Buzz Feed News (yes!) covered this same story with much more sensitivity several weeks ago. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leticiamiranda/amazon-o...

Understand that the way Buzzfeed covered it obscures the very real fact that there's a huge amount of controversy regarding this specific Satmar Hasidic community. This is not a question of Antisemitism, there have been very real issues directly caused by prominent rabbis within this community. These controversies are known to pretty much anyone in the NY metro area, so it makes sense that the NYTimes (being located…

I recently feel like I want people to be left alone. Everyone always seems to be intruding into communities that don't want to be intruded on. I disagree with this.

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by xapata » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 3:43 AM UTC

trianglem wrote: post #137

joecool1029 wrote: post #62

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Understand that the way Buzzfeed covered it obscures the very real fact that there's a huge amount of controversy regarding this specific Satmar Hasidic community. This is not a question of Antisemitism, there have been very real issues directly caused by prominent rabbis within this community. These controversies are known to pretty much anyone in the NY metro area, so it makes sense that the NYTimes (being located…

I recently feel like I want people to be left alone. Everyone always seems to be intruding into communities that don't want to be intruded on. I disagree with this.

Even if they're committing crimes? What if the victims want your help?

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by asaph » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 3:51 AM UTC

diN0bot wrote: post #135

toasterlovin wrote: post #105

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For some reason the bi-weekly vs. semi-weekly thing doesn't confuse me, but I take your point and the dictionary seems to agree that it can mean either every two weeks or twice a week.

fort-weekly

fortnightly

Re: Amazon Has Transformed the Hasidic Economy

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Post by fortran77 » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 3:57 AM UTC

joecool1029 wrote: post #83

tdfx wrote: post #68

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I think anyone who is not familiar with these particular communities in Lakewood and Brooklyn will see warning flags of anti-semitism in a lot of related comments about them. I would just like to voice some support for the people speaking up about them, because this is not a problem with Jews, or even Orthodox Jews. It is specific to these particular Hasidic communities and the fraud is rampant and expanding.

Thanks, I believe it's really important to call out and charge the leadership inside these communities. They know full well what is and isn't legal. If you shut down discussion on these sorts of issues, I believe you allow for abuses to happen and rage to grow against the larger community who are often innocent. As others have mentioned, the Hasidic community is an insular community. I have interacted numerous times…

Is it any more "insular" than the Haskell community or the Scheme community?