Sorry, but this is the most mediocre article talking about general things that you can find outside a soap-opera replacement magazine. There is no single idea, no single sentence that qualifies it to be listed in the Hacker News.

So he recommends emailing people at random, joining a 'community' (meaning, create an account on a website), and creating 'Deep, meaningful connections' via LinkedIn. No actual detail about what happened when he did these things, and instead he just summarises at the end of the article that 'Great things, like stupid projects and incredible meals, have come from it.' I'm suprised this submission even got through the HN spam filter.

To paraphrase from the text itself ‘There is no perfect article, but there are many bad ones’, including this one.

I can't recall the article but it had the most epiphanic advice about networking — network with your work. When you are doing great work — blogging, building, or making side-projects — networking is almost a by-product. People get to know you from Forums, Github, and communities, already being ecstatic about meeting you.

I am a bit indifferent towards 'deliberate networking'. The problem with it is that you are often end-up cultivating weak-ties — people who 'just' know you. Personally, I emphasise on having, even if limited, strong ties with people whom you can relate to.

I don't have a strong network, but the best people I have met is invariably by happenstance. So I don't think any networking advice should go beyond — a) doing awesome work and b) learning to do small-talk.

If you follow this guide rigorously: will you end up with a network in silicon valley? Doubtful.

So, what does this really achieve? to which extent? Building a network for the author probably, if anything.

I disagree with the psychology in this advertisement. You want job to tie you down. You want weight to feel grounded in the tie down. You take charge to have sprouts.

Well someone has a pretty good network to get this to the first position on HN. Time to work on the HN anti-brigading code I think.

The code I suspect is working as intended. From the profile of submitter: Co-founder of Adioso (YC W09)

You maybe right, but YC had better be pretty careful here. Slashdot died following a similar path.