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0 pointslelanthran1mo ago0 comments

Those are not the only two options.

Why are you presenting the latter option as if it were mainstream? It's such a small percentage of use cases that it probably isn't even a rounding error.

People who want to disseminate information also want the credit.

I'd still like to know why you are presenting this false dichotomy. What reason do you have for presenting a use case that has fractions of a percentage as if it were a standard use case? What is your motivation behind this?

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obsidianbases11mo ago

My only motivation is that it pains me to see smart capable people working on insignificant problems.

Maybe I don't understand the problem as well as I should, and I'm open to hearing what it is you think that I'm missing.

But from my perspective, this is a solution for a non-problem, which in my eyes is a problem itself.

lelanthranOP1mo ago

You misunderstand: I am asking what is your motivation for presenting a 0.0001% use case as a 50% use case.

The use case you present is so small it can be ignored as an option, yet you present it as the only other option.

joquarky1mo ago

> People who want to disseminate information also want the credit.

This is psychological projection.

lelanthranOP1mo ago

> This is psychological projection.

You don't know what that means.

In any case, people who want to disseminate information with credit can do so without standing up a blog (any place that allows posting of comments, such as Reddit, HN, etc).

In the context of this discussion, we're talking about site owners; people who put up a blog.

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obsidianbases11mo ago

My only motivation is that it pains me to see smart capable people working on insignificant problems.

Maybe I don't understand the problem as well as I should, and I'm open to hearing what it is you think that I'm missing.

But from my perspective, this is a solution for a non-problem, which in my eyes is a problem itself.

lelanthranOP1mo ago

You misunderstand: I am asking what is your motivation for presenting a 0.0001% use case as a 50% use case.

The use case you present is so small it can be ignored as an option, yet you present it as the only other option.

joquarky1mo ago

> People who want to disseminate information also want the credit.

This is psychological projection.

lelanthranOP1mo ago

> This is psychological projection.

You don't know what that means.

In any case, people who want to disseminate information with credit can do so without standing up a blog (any place that allows posting of comments, such as Reddit, HN, etc).

In the context of this discussion, we're talking about site owners; people who put up a blog.

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