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Why is wanting validation on something you spent hours on a bad thing to you?

• AndrewStephens 2y ago
  Good question, it is not bad to enjoy attention for a project you worked on. But I feel that, if unchecked, that same impulse can lead to deliberately doing projects specifically for validation which leads to low quality click-bait and vapid self-promotion. I think a healthy indifference for the public at large is a good thing. That is one of the reasons I got rid of detailed, real-time analytics in favor of a simple hit counter (the other is privacy). If I really stuck to my principles I wouldn't even do that but I am a hypocrite.