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Matt Maroon : Hacker News 2008 :: Aaron Swartz : Hacker News 2007

Don't get me wrong, though -- they're both good writers, so the above isn't a swipe at either guy or Hacker News.

However: "trailer-dweller" seems a little mean-spirited (and inaccurate) when it's clear who you are referring to with that example.




Can someone kindly provide some history of this to those of us that weren't here in 2007?


To spell out the analogy, they both:

1) Are young and have started or been part of successful startups

2) Have blogs where they exhibit a strong personality through their writings, which are sometimes controversial but always tinged with elitism.*

3) Were/are darlings of Hacker News, with a high percentage of their blog posts making it high on the front page

*Not that there's anything wrong with that


Hopefully I manage to avoid any comparisons to Paris Hilton.


I miss Aaron's posts :(


I still check out his blog occasionally.




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