That's not how I think personally. I'm curious to see how this plays out myself.
That said, I remember how vicious Hacker News got back when Valleywag was allowed on this site. Hell, look at how they get about TechCrunch's style of journalism. People don't like being told they've been manipulated, and they hold grudges. When somebody goes out of their way to tell an entire community that they've been manipulated, that community isn't going to be happy with the person who pointed it out.
Hopefully, Max, you're not offended by my choice of language? I didn't mean to deride you with it. It was more a warning that to an angry group there's little difference between a would-be magician and a shyster.
I'm not offended - I welcome it. My aim in the blog is deconstruction, and if I ever wrote gossip or poor rumours, I'd stop. If I ever did manipulate for whatever reason, I would always tell it afterwards. It's not safe reading in that manner - I may decide to experiment with the people reading.
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> You're Max Klein the con man
I think that's a little strong.
That's not how I think personally. I'm curious to see how this plays out myself.
That said, I remember how vicious Hacker News got back when Valleywag was allowed on this site. Hell, look at how they get about TechCrunch's style of journalism. People don't like being told they've been manipulated, and they hold grudges. When somebody goes out of their way to tell an entire community that they've been manipulated, that community isn't going to be happy with the person who pointed it out.
Hopefully, Max, you're not offended by my choice of language? I didn't mean to deride you with it. It was more a warning that to an angry group there's little difference between a would-be magician and a shyster.
I'm not offended - I welcome it. My aim in the blog is deconstruction, and if I ever wrote gossip or poor rumours, I'd stop. If I ever did manipulate for whatever reason, I would always tell it afterwards. It's not safe reading in that manner - I may decide to experiment with the people reading.
Fair enough! I'm interested in seeing what you do next.