People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by oddevan » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord
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Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by munchler » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:51 PM UTC

I understand that the author doesn’t want to get caught up in the details of any particular online drama, but without more concrete information (about either Bluesky or their own project), I find this too abstract to be insightful. YMMV, of course.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by lysace » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:52 PM UTC

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Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by oddevan » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:53 PM UTC

munchler wrote: post #2

I understand that the author doesn’t want to get caught up in the details of any particular online drama, but without more concrete information (about either Bluesky or their own project), I find this too abstract to be insightful. YMMV, of course.

That's fair! I'd give more details about Smolblog https://smolblog.com/> if the project was anywhere approaching "done".

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by oddevan » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:54 PM UTC

lysace wrote: post #3

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Honestly, I'm as surprised as you are.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by jp57 » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:55 PM UTC

munchler wrote: post #2

I understand that the author doesn’t want to get caught up in the details of any particular online drama, but without more concrete information (about either Bluesky or their own project), I find this too abstract to be insightful. YMMV, of course.

Agree.

I have heard BlueSky described as a kind of self-made ghetto for the most terminally online, left-wing remnants of pre-Elon Twitter. If that's true then it suggests some shape to the distribution of possible dustups, but I spend no time there (or on X, or Mastodon) I don't really know for sure.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by jeffbee » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:56 PM UTC

The substance of this article must have been included by tacit reference. Without reference to that substance (which I do not have), the article seems pointless.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by tptacek » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:56 PM UTC

lysace wrote: post #3

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If you're concerned, the thing to do is to email hn@yc. The guidelines specifically ask us not to do what you did here, which is to suggest publicly on the thread that something is amiss.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by usernamed7 » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #8

lysace wrote: post #3

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If you're concerned, the thing to do is to email hn@yc. The guidelines specifically ask us not to do what you did here, which is to suggest publicly on the thread that something is amiss.

or flag it

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by tptacek » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 7:12 PM UTC

oddevan wrote: post #4

munchler wrote: post #2

I understand that the author doesn’t want to get caught up in the details of any particular online drama, but without more concrete information (about either Bluesky or their own project), I find this too abstract to be insightful. YMMV, of course.

That's fair! I'd give more details about Smolblog https://smolblog.com/ > if the project was anywhere approaching "done".

But it's really not even clear in this post what you're reacting to. What's the pressure you're trying to address? What does it mean to be a "landlord" here? What are you doing instead?