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I'm not sure why this is getting downvoted because it hits the nail on the head.
How can you tell that it's being downvoted? (And yes, I do miss the points next to comments or other, better means to filter for useful comments)
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I think it was gamed.
Although I'm certain HN has been gamed in the past (search through the top results on searchyc for high traffic blogs and you'll notice a trend, and high upvotes with very few and completely worthless comments -- the effect of a content-less post), but in this case I'm not so sure. I keep a hawkeye out whenever I see a post from a top blog on HN's frontpage, shit like this problogger, smashingweb, and mashable which…
I had no idea that problogger would be met wich such an furious amount of contempt. I will refrain from ever posting a link from them again.
Why is this "get rich quick" crap on the front page of HN?
I think it was gamed.
I am surprised about the amount of upvotes myself, but the story is quite inspiring, independent from who wrote it, or on which domain it is hosted.
Folks, for those of you that haven't seen this sort of stuff a million times before, here's how it works: It's a classic sell-the-dream pitch to inspire you to believe that if this guy could do "it", given his difficult situation, even you could do it too. You read it through, get inspired, and get drawn into his sales funnel. Over time, as you consume more of his content, you start to trust him more, and have more f…
This doesn't make money blogging per se: he makes money telling other people HOW to make money blogging (assuming he makes any money at all). It's some meta-blogging dodge selling the easy-life dream.
Trying to make money as a blogger is a long shot: you'd be a damn sight better off waiting tables imo.
I want to apologize to everyone who I infuriated by posting this link. I thought it to be a truly inspirational story. I didn't take interpret the message of the post as: "Now buy my product!"
I understood the message as: "Now work hard to achieve your goal. You can reach your paradise, just don't give up!"
I know that problogger is a commercial website and they are selling stuff, but so is apple.com, google.com and many other websites. (Note: I am not saying a link to problogger is the same thing as link to apple.com. I am saying that many links online have a commercial background) I believe people are aware of this and can be trusted to filter obvious marketing messages.
It would be nice to have some kind of list of blogs you are not supposed to link to, I really had no idea this domain would be frowned upon.
Folks, for those of you that haven't seen this sort of stuff a million times before, here's how it works: It's a classic sell-the-dream pitch to inspire you to believe that if this guy could do "it", given his difficult situation, even you could do it too. You read it through, get inspired, and get drawn into his sales funnel. Over time, as you consume more of his content, you start to trust him more, and have more f…
The book will actually use all of those hints itself, e.g. "this reminds me of the time I wrote a self-help book in the jungles of Indonesia, where I lived for twenty years as a marine biologist."