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Isn't it obvious? It's not a thank-you letter. It's preying on creators who feel their contributions are not recognized enough. Out of all letters, at least s
by gaigalas 10mo ago
Isn't it obvious? It's not a thank-you letter.
It's preying on creators who feel their contributions are not recognized enough.
Out of all letters, at least some of the contributors will feel good about it, and share it on social media, hopefully saying something good about it because it reaffirms them.
It's a marketing stunt, meaningless.
- MonkeyClub 10mo agoExactly. If you're so grateful, mail in a cheque.
- gaigalas 10mo agoIf I were some major contributor to the software world, I would not want a cheque from some AI company. (by the way, I love the idea of AI! Just don't like what they did with it)
- dwringer 10mo agoBy that metric of getting shared on social media, it was extraordinarily successful
- gaigalas 10mo agoYou missed a spot: > hopefully saying something good about
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- dwringer 10mo agoFair enough, but I was interpreting it as "hopefully, but not necessarily". Some would say there's no such thing as bad publicity!
- gaigalas 10mo agoYou need talented people to turn bad publicity into good publicity. It doesn't come for free. You can lose a lot with a bad rep. Those talented people that work on public relations would very much prefer working with base good publicity instead of trying to recover from blunders.
- netsharc 10mo agogaigalas, my toaster is deeply grateful for your contributions to HN. It can't write or post on the Internet, and its ability to feel grateful is as much as Claude's, but it really is deeply grateful! I hope that makes you feel good.
- gaigalas 10mo agoSeems like you're trying to steer the conversation towards merits of consciousness. A well known and classic conversational tarpit. Fascinating topic. However, my argument works for compartimentalized discussions as well. Conscious or not, it's meaningless crap.