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"My solution is to close the tab and to read a book." Exactly. Exchange off-the-cuff zero cost near-anonymous speech with well considered, edited, personally i
by hirundo 3y ago
"My solution is to close the tab and to read a book."
Exactly. Exchange off-the-cuff zero cost near-anonymous speech with well considered, edited, personally identifiable speech with a significant cost to publish. Without knowing anything about the content of the speech you can still usefully predict that the later will be more dense with meaning and generally more worth your time.
HN is a good place to sift through the former to discover the later. So yeah, you have to put up with both.
- developer93 3y agoThere is however value in anonymity. In some situations there are things that should be said or explored that could cause bad consequences for the sayer - women's rights discussed by an Iranian or Saudi for example.
- tekla 3y ago> HN is a good place to sift through the former to discover the later. HN is one of the worst places for speech, on the level of Reddit.
- anigbrowl 3y agoThis is a good individual choice, but I was hoping the essay would delve further into the fact that there's a market for speech and engagement farming is highly profitable for both platforms and some skilled farmers - arguably to the general detriment.