After a decade or so on reddit and twitter, I tend towards snark and shit talking and jokes when posting online. I've received a gentle nudge or two from dang and it's so much more effective than e.g. twitter account blocking & suspensions or being summarily dismissed from a subreddit. I may drop a little quip here every now and then but generally if I don't have the time and effort available to articulate what I think without being combative, I don't post it here. It's been made clear to me that's not what this place is for.
1. I made my first submission to HN many years ago. I got an email helpfully suggesting edits to better present the content. It ended with a "Thanks for posting good things to Hacker News" - that part stuck with me, I thought it was nice.
2. I had a later submission that I thought would be an instant hit, but it didn't get traction. I emailed HN to see if it's okay to resubmit. @dang responded with tips on how to get traction, then ended the email with: "Good luck! It's hard to predict what HN will find interesting, and so few posts end up 'making it' with this audience that I hope you don't feel bad either way."
@dang is a good person that cares about HN content and the people that use it.
Is their true identity a secret? If not, can someone please point me out to their real name. I am just curious about their profile and would like to have a look at their LinkedIn or Twitter if they are on there.
I do not wish to pry open anyone's anonymity and so if their identity is a secret, I am fine with that. I honestly just want to have a look at their journey which sometimes LinkedIn / Twitter / GitHub / individual blogs provide.