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That's spam, not useful data. No one upvoted that hypothetical offering of data. People did find this article interesting. And hey, maybe I am interested in le
by B-Con 13y ago
That's spam, not useful data. No one upvoted that hypothetical offering of data. People did find this article interesting.
And hey, maybe I am interested in learning that language. Assuming your forum was appropriate (say, at a Galician convention), that could be a useful thing.
- biot 13y agoWith apologies to Arthur C. Clarke: Sufficiently advanced spam is indistinguishable from useful content.
- B-Con 13y agoThat's actually a good quote-analogy. I'm not the most pragmatic person ever, but let me pose this: If you can't tell the difference, do you honestly care?
- biot 13y agoIf the utility is high enough, then I might not mind. The problem is when the content's utility is insufficiently advanced and it is followed by a plug for a very related product/service that solves the problem identified in the content. That scenario casts suspicion on the content: "Did the author write this only to plug the product/service?". In this instance, the Dropbox info was sufficiently useful (it appeared to be an original discovery) that I don't see it as a huge problem.
- B-Con 13y agoThat's an entirely reasonable position.