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For the record, i didnt downvote you, and i agree with the basic premise of centralization being the problem. I suspect the downs may be because your link is on
by yummypaint 6y ago
For the record, i didnt downvote you, and i agree with the basic premise of centralization being the problem. I suspect the downs may be because your link is only indirectly related to the thread topic. When i skimmed the page it was too nebulous to really teach me anything concrete, and i can see how people might feel that your post was an attempt to shoehorn links to your company on HN. People are rightfully pretty sensitive to that. Anyway just my guess since you asked
- detaro 6y agoYeah, far to many distributed projects fall into that trap. At least on pages you link from places like here, don't write a page on how centralization is bad with no details about what you specifically propose. I know it can be really tricky to drill down on a concrete example because you want to talk about all the opportunities, but you'll loose a lot of people if it is just handwaving.
- EGreg 6y agoThank you for the feedback. I feel that’s fair, even though I am a bit at a loss as to what you feel is indirectly related. The link was a supposed to be a blog post from around this time last year which described the terrible news/issues resulting from centralization from the last month alone (Russia clamping down on free speech, Cambridge Analytica and anger at FB, etc.) I would def welcome any constructive suggestions on how to make it more relevant. I want the problem and solution to be clear.