3 ms·
You know what I hate about these days is this is a blog I enjoyed but then I got to the post about hacktoberfest and it occurred to me, what if this was all wri
by mnky9800n 2y ago
You know what I hate about these days is this is a blog I enjoyed but then I got to the post about hacktoberfest and it occurred to me, what if this was all written to advertise hacktoberfest and the author got paid in some way for this? What bothers me about it isn't whether or not it happened, it's that I questioned the authenticity of the author simply because he posted a link and what if he did so because he was paid to do so as opposed to simply being interested. Which is exactly the internet I want to live in. One where people write interesting things and share links to other interesting things.
- edent 2y agoI can exclusively reveal that I have received several t-shirts from Hacktoberfest. Indeed, I'm wearing one right now. My laptop also has many of their stickers. They didn't pay me to write this blog though. Of course, you have no way of knowing if that's true. Just as I have no way of knowing if you were paid by a rival to spread discord.
- mnky9800n 2y agoMy point isn't that this happened. I don't think anyone did anything other than write and read a blog post. It's that we exist in a world where it could and therefore the thought that I might need to question the authenticity of things is ever present which I find troublesome.
- edent 2y agoThis isn't a modern problem. Shakespeare was paid handsomely by the Crown - hence his somewhat hagiographic biographies. You will never find writing which is free from bias and influence. You can either make peace with that and find ways to mitigate against it, or you can remain in distress.
- mnky9800n 2y agoI choose peace.
- crimsoneer 2y agoOf all the blogs on the internet I'd trust to not be covertly "shilling", I'd put this one in the top... Like, maybe 1?
- edent 2y agoThanks! I'll stick your cheque in the post.