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I don't get it. What is this other than a Nike ad?

by choward 5y ago

anotheraccount9 5y ago
Really nothing.
vesinisa 5y ago
# www.nike.com robots.txt -- just crawl it. I think it's play on the Nike's famous slogan "Just do it".
- only4here 5y ago
  Plus the big ASCII art at the bottom of the file.
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paulcole 5y ago
Are you upset by all ads? If so, you might want to find a place to spend time online that’s not an ad/content marketing project for a VC firm.
- frogpelt 5y ago
  I’ve seen increasing numbers of people who are triggered by capitalism.
  - paulcole 5y ago
    "It's morally abhorrent to try to sell me anything and yet please continue providing content and services at no cost to me. Information wants to be free!"
    - npteljes 5y ago
      Well, why not? We also talk to each other for free, giving advice, information, lots of things of some kind of value, and mostly it's free. People organize on platforms to help each other with info, for free, for example you can ask people on Reddit to identify a bug or stone for you. Now I know hosting Reddit isn't free, but this is for another time I think. Now I just want to say that what you pointed out is not really something that's purely illogical or entitled.
      - motoxpro 5y ago
        Hosting Reddit is not free, maintaining reddit is not free, moderators time is not free
        npteljes 5y ago
        Moderators' time is free, and maintaining reddit could be free. Hosting uses electricity, hardware and internet connection, and neither of those are given away currently.
        motoxpro 5y ago
        Ah, agree to disagree on that one. That view seems exploitive to me. Moderation, OSS maintainers, etc are all doing those jobs for free and providing them to us for free but there is a large opportunity cost. That's where the saying "it's not worth my time" comes from. If I asked you why you don't maintain and moderate reddit for free (I'm sure they would be happy to have you there and pay you nothing) I would assume your answer would be I have better things to do with my time or I don't have enough time. i.e. I need to be paid for that to be worth it.
        npteljes 5y ago
        Well, yeah, ideally I'd like an UBI-like system, so that one can moderate Reddit full time, and still pay rent and groceries. But letting that aside, do you think that all volunteers are in fact exploited? Or just these examples, because effectively they help someone else make money for free?
- choward 5y ago
  No. I'm upset by lame uninteresting HN content.
  - paulcole 5y ago
    ok just checking. you must be upset a lot.
    - choward 5y ago
      I am.
vinayakpandey 5y ago
You look weary of ads.
LorenPechtel 5y ago
Robots.txt files are directions to site-crawling robots, not to humans. It's certainly not an ad.

I don't get it. What is this other than a Nike ad?

anotheraccount9 5y ago

Really nothing.

vesinisa 5y ago

# www.nike.com robots.txt -- just crawl it. I think it's play on the Nike's famous slogan "Just do it".

only4here 5y ago
Plus the big ASCII art at the bottom of the file.

deleted 5y ago

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paulcole 5y ago

Are you upset by all ads? If so, you might want to find a place to spend time online that’s not an ad/content marketing project for a VC firm.

frogpelt 5y ago
I’ve seen increasing numbers of people who are triggered by capitalism.
- paulcole 5y ago
  "It's morally abhorrent to try to sell me anything and yet please continue providing content and services at no cost to me. Information wants to be free!"
  - npteljes 5y ago
    Well, why not? We also talk to each other for free, giving advice, information, lots of things of some kind of value, and mostly it's free. People organize on platforms to help each other with info, for free, for example you can ask people on Reddit to identify a bug or stone for you. Now I know hosting Reddit isn't free, but this is for another time I think. Now I just want to say that what you pointed out is not really something that's purely illogical or entitled.
    - motoxpro 5y ago
      Hosting Reddit is not free, maintaining reddit is not free, moderators time is not free
      - npteljes 5y ago
        Moderators' time is free, and maintaining reddit could be free. Hosting uses electricity, hardware and internet connection, and neither of those are given away currently.
        motoxpro 5y ago
        Ah, agree to disagree on that one. That view seems exploitive to me. Moderation, OSS maintainers, etc are all doing those jobs for free and providing them to us for free but there is a large opportunity cost. That's where the saying "it's not worth my time" comes from. If I asked you why you don't maintain and moderate reddit for free (I'm sure they would be happy to have you there and pay you nothing) I would assume your answer would be I have better things to do with my time or I don't have enough time. i.e. I need to be paid for that to be worth it.
        npteljes 5y ago
        Well, yeah, ideally I'd like an UBI-like system, so that one can moderate Reddit full time, and still pay rent and groceries. But letting that aside, do you think that all volunteers are in fact exploited? Or just these examples, because effectively they help someone else make money for free?
choward 5y ago
No. I'm upset by lame uninteresting HN content.
- paulcole 5y ago
  ok just checking. you must be upset a lot.
  - choward 5y ago
    I am.

vinayakpandey 5y ago

You look weary of ads.

LorenPechtel 5y ago

Robots.txt files are directions to site-crawling robots, not to humans. It's certainly not an ad.