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I didn't compare github to any of those things. I simply pointed out that "X doesn't even know about Y" is not equivalent to "Y isn't important to X".
by mistercow 14y ago
I didn't compare github to any of those things. I simply pointed out that "X doesn't even know about Y" is not equivalent to "Y isn't important to X".
- samstave 14y agoI think your choice of wording was confusing some of us.
- mistercow 14y agoIt's frustrating that one cannot make an analogy these days on the internet without some people assuming that you're making a comparison of the analogues. If a comparison seems unreasonable, it seems to me like the obvious thing to do is reread it and see if it makes sense as an analogy instead. The problem is that an analogy's illustrative power is increased by using an extreme analogue, so if you interpret a good analogy as a comparison, it will always look like hyperbole. On the other hand, intentionally misconstruing analogies as comparisons is a great dark-side rhetorical technique, if you're into that sort of thing.
- samstave 14y agoI think this issue is compounded by the "skim this and spend .02 seconds on critically think about it before moving on to the next data-byte online" syndrome.