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This is a repost of an article with 300 comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21935446


And this one doesn't even link to the Medium article, it's some other site that "sources" from it and doesn't even show the author's name. What's the point of write.as?


write.as can be used as a blog platform, or be used to write one-off, anonymous pieces of text.

In this case, I think OP was trying to improve the readability of the original article by using write.as as opposed to linking directly to Medium (which is notorious for its intrusiveness).

I think outline is better suited for these purposes, though, I typically just use Pocket or Firefox's built-in readability feature: https://outline.com/Xbykpn


And that one was quickly hidden on page 4 or 5 despite older articles with far fewer votes being placed before it. Why?

It was the #1 story on page one, mentioned it to a colleague a few minutes later and he couldn’t even find it.




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