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It's interesting that nearly all of these pieces of advice are fairly non-controversial. What's the point of posting stuff anonymously if it's the same stuff t
by nostrademons 7y ago
It's interesting that nearly all of these pieces of advice are fairly non-controversial. What's the point of posting stuff anonymously if it's the same stuff that most people would be happy to attach their name to?
- rc-1140 7y agoI agree. I was expecting something sort of like the good Blind posts, but I guess these are controversial because... one said "fuck"? Another said that people put too much emphasis on career advice, which is probably controversial for the site/community the article is from?
- ummonk 7y agoRight, I saw basically nothing there that would be controversial.
- CM30 7y agoYeah, that tends to be the case when it comes to these things. Unpopular opinions posted on sites like Reddit are never really that unpopular, underrated sources/sites/channels are never really that underrated or unknown, and controversial articles and lists are never all that controversial. As for why that's the case... well most people/sites don't want to become a social pariah, most underrated creators are by definition unpopular enough most haven't heard of them and truly unpopular opinions are unpopular enough that they're unlikely to get posted. Still, when I heard 'career advice you wouldn't want your name associated with', I was thinking it'd be something like the stuff in that James Damore memo or what not. Or something inspired by Machiavelli's The Prince.
- robertwiblin 7y agoHi Nostrademos — I was involved in this project. We asked a lot of questions and the answers to some others were quite a bit more controversial (we're going to release a new question each week or thereabouts). But one thing we learned in the process was that seriously successful people doing their thing feel pretty gagged. It's not worth it for them to write even things that seem uncontroversial to you or me, because someone out there might hate it, or misinterpret it, and start creating problems for them.
- nostrademons 7y agoYeah, I figured it was something like that. There are plenty of things that I believe are true but don't say because the blow-up potential just isn't worth it. (And I'm someone who actually likes arguing on the Internet.) Why not do something actually anonymous, though? Put up a form box on your website where people can write anything in response to the prompt, and let folks access it through Tor? Then post the results with the appropriate disclaimer. You might need to moderate it a bit to cut out crap like "PENIS1!!11!1!", but you might also get some genuinely interesting commentary. Then again, this is basically what Blind does.
- scarejunba 7y agoYeah, but then, like Blind, you just get a bunch of bullshitters. The problem with Blind is that you're getting long-term career advice from a 23-year-old who's obsessed with 'TC'. Even if that person's obsession is in line with yours, he rarely has the experience to tell you what's going to work. Most posts there come from a place of anger and insecure showing-off that they're unlikely to be useful.
- keiferski 7y agoI was hoping for some Machiavelli-style tips as well, if only for the entertainment value. Something like, “if you cannot be both loved and feared by your employees, it is better to be feared.”