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Can you rewrite or break down your last sentence? I can not understand it.

bityard 4y ago
It's not worth the bother. This is an exceptionally good example of intentionally obtuse writing, otherwise better known as good old fashioned BS!
- mdp2021 4y ago
  If you cannot understand what people write, of course it will appear BS to you. The writing from here looks like the right one. Edit: about that «'intentionally'»: this is the way I think, this is the way I write. (Not precisely so, but the expression will be clear enough to those who want to understand it.)
mdp2021 4y ago
No problem! > among the well recognized functions of books, they are there to have selected, better company that those in mentioned "social networks gone bad" - even taking special cases into account. (Of course, you have to be able to perceive what "better" is.) -- The text of a book represents, in the "good cases", an as-best-organized-as-possible expression of the refined thought of an author. That communication from such author is "company" you choose. It is a "selected acquaintance", picked to enrich you. It can be better than many other options, which will contain less value. -- With possible exceptions of very selected containers (whatever their elected term - 'subs'?) in «mentioned "social networks gone bad"», the general quality in the content found by commenters is very, very poor. So, the competition with a selected writer would be "not in the same league". If you took special cases of very well moderated, luckier containers, the collective effort could bring special value, yet we would be comparing quite different things (and the book would still be superior in some areas, e.g. structure). -- So, you may compare "material intended for growth" (the book) and "an involving experience" (the popular social network), but of course there is value to be recognized in order to appreciate the difference. You have to be able to recognize "better company" - otherwise, of course you will see little difference.

It's not worth the bother. This is an exceptionally good example of intentionally obtuse writing, otherwise better known as good old fashioned BS!

mdp2021 4y ago
If you cannot understand what people write, of course it will appear BS to you. The writing from here looks like the right one. Edit: about that «'intentionally'»: this is the way I think, this is the way I write. (Not precisely so, but the expression will be clear enough to those who want to understand it.)

mdp2021 4y ago

No problem! > among the well recognized functions of books, they are there to have selected, better company that those in mentioned "social networks gone bad" - even taking special cases into account. (Of course, you have to be able to perceive what "better" is.) -- The text of a book represents, in the "good cases", an as-best-organized-as-possible expression of the refined thought of an author. That communication from such author is "company" you choose. It is a "selected acquaintance", picked to enrich you. It can be better than many other options, which will contain less value. -- With possible exceptions of very selected containers (whatever their elected term - 'subs'?) in «mentioned "social networks gone bad"», the general quality in the content found by commenters is very, very poor. So, the competition with a selected writer would be "not in the same league". If you took special cases of very well moderated, luckier containers, the collective effort could bring special value, yet we would be comparing quite different things (and the book would still be superior in some areas, e.g. structure). -- So, you may compare "material intended for growth" (the book) and "an involving experience" (the popular social network), but of course there is value to be recognized in order to appreciate the difference. You have to be able to recognize "better company" - otherwise, of course you will see little difference.