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OK, wait. If the data has value to the user, shouldn't the user be paying the host for the cost of making that data available (or perhaps considerably more, if
by drivingmenuts 16y ago
OK, wait.
If the data has value to the user, shouldn't the user be paying the host for the cost of making that data available (or perhaps considerably more, if it has a lot of value to the user)?
- sbierwagen 16y agoExcellent. How much are you paying ycombinator for your account? If the answer is "nothing", then I guess you've just told me that all your comments are useless, and I should ignore them.
- sbierwagen 16y agoI'm committing the classic mistake of talking about the karma system here, but what, precisely, is wrong with my statement? Drivingmenuts says the user should pay for hosting data. HN is hosting his data, but he doesn't pay for it. Is there some error in my logic, here, some flaw in my conclusion?