I guess I didn't have much of a problem with you linking to your book, as much as the disconnect between what I read and how quickly it shot up the front page. You are apparently a rock star. It fits right in with your pop culture theme. I apologize for the comment. I will prepare to see your blog on top of HN for the foreseeable future.
I am somewhat loathe to break out the slashdot cliché "you must be new here", but it's apropos here. Reg is popular on this particular internet.
What I'm more puzzled by is why he seems to have written a Rorschach test instead of a post with a point. An awareness of the sociology of your chosen profession or discipline i think is a laudable goal and topic worth considering, but this post doesn't actually do anything to illuminate the subject or equip others with the tools necessary to consider the subject further.
Unsurprisingly, the comments resulting from the post are similarly lacking illumination.
I try to write a lot and experiment with different styles. This one was dashed off almost stream-of-consciousness. I'm not offended by the suggestion that it isn't my best work, and I'm grateful for the candid feedback.
Sure, also, don't take my criticism as an admonishment or lack of respect. From your posts that I've read, you and I agree on a great deal, and I aspire to write as prolifically and competently as you do.
Just as an FYI, although this post did do well here on HN and get quite a few tweets, it had a negligible effect on my daily book sales. It's dangerous to generalize from n=1, but my conjecture (that needs some validation) is that posts need to be strongly related to the subject of the book to pull sales.
Rock Stars come and Rock Stars go. I'm not counting on people liking my posts tomorrow, much less for the foreseeable future, especially if I can't do better than this one.
