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I couldn't care any less whether its genuine or not. I've always been baffled at the internet's obsession with outing "fake" content. It's like people think att
by hackinthebochs 8y ago
I couldn't care any less whether its genuine or not. I've always been baffled at the internet's obsession with outing "fake" content. It's like people think attention is sacrosanct and must ensure that any attention someone gets is "just" according to their personal criteria. It points to our pathological obsession with fame and status.
- Kylekramer 8y agoWhy is debunking people faking stuff indicative of a pathological obsession with fame and status? Seems more like the fakers in the first place would be guilty of obsessing over fame and status.
- hackinthebochs 8y agoThe effort to debunk rates poorly on effort vs reward, outside of an unhealthy value placed on attention/status. But making fake content for attention can have a reasonable expected payoff.
- callalex 8y agoNot everyone measures the value of their time spent by expected dollar returns.
- speedplane 8y agoIt's okay to value your time by expected returns, as long as you consider any additional harm you cause to others. If you make $100 and others you interact with also make $5 from your efforts, that's okay. If you make $100 and others you interact with lose $200, then that's probably bad.
- hackinthebochs 8y agoWho said anything about dollar returns? Effor vs reward is just a general way to describe an action with some cost and with some benefit.
- 51lver 8y agoPeople want to think their attention is worth something. Maybe they should be more careful where they spend it.
- megablast 8y agoI guess some people really don't mind being lied too. Others take a stand against it. I am happy for those latter people.