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How is that principled?? You hate when others benefit even if it's at no detriment to you?? SCARCITY THINKING :_( Okay, if you like reading text on your screen

• Estragon 17y ago
  The principle is to minimize the reward from spam.
  • glhaynes 17y ago
    So shouldn't we just downvote the ones that are spammy -- those that make the conversation worse instead of better?
    • branden 17y ago
      Shouldn't making the conversation better be its own incentive?
      • glhaynes 17y ago
        People do things because of a broad variety of motivations. Often because of a combination of motivations. If it's helping and not hurting, who cares?
• drinian 17y ago
  Someone registered that domain name just to host a pirated copy of a book? (Mind, it's one of my favorite books).
  • jey 17y ago
    Hm, looks like it's a way to funnel PageRank into some spam links at the bottom of the page. I guess the theory is that people will link to that domain's copy of Surely You're Joking and pass some of the subsequent "google juice" onward to the spam.
• jbyers 17y ago
  I'm happy for people to benefit online in proportion to the value they provide to others. Post a thoughtful comment, write a review, link previously disparate ideas? Sure, put in an affiliate link. Hijack the top comment on a thread with just an Amazon link? Not so much. At least you were up front about it, I'll give you that. :)
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