Maybe it's not the making the mashup that's scary but sharing something you're not experienced at and not very confident in with THE ENTIRE world that he may have found scary. I know I would have.
Is it that scary to post your work on the internet? Imagine that you were drafted to go fight in a war with a 30% chance of dying tomorrow. Could you still consider posting a mashup scary?
> You just shared a comment with THE ENTIRE world. For all you know, it could be picked up by this Twitter account that has 7k followers
Myself included. It's a great account.
That said, commenting and participating in a public forum is something I've done for a long time and which I'm comfortable with. This is Steve's first attempt at a mashup. Things are far scarier the first time around.
Also, scary doesn't have to be relative. Sure, going and fighting a war is something most people would find scary. A lot of people would feel the same way about walking down a strange dark alley. Are an active war zone and a poorly-lit space AT ALL similar? No. Yet they're both scary. Others still find meeting new people scary. That doesn't mean that they have "thin skin" or that they live a "sheltered life".
Scary is subjective, not objective, and you don't get to be the person who chooses what other people are and aren't wary of.
> Could you still consider posting a mashup scary?
Phobias, shyness, etc. don't go away just because you did something else scary. I know at least one soldier who's been through Iraq who still finds spiders terrifying.
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Maybe it's not the making the mashup that's scary but sharing something you're not experienced at and not very confident in with THE ENTIRE world that he may have found scary. I know I would have.
You just shared a comment with THE ENTIRE world. For all you know, it could be picked up by this Twitter account that has 7k followers:
https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says
Is it that scary to post your work on the internet? Imagine that you were drafted to go fight in a war with a 30% chance of dying tomorrow. Could you still consider posting a mashup scary?
> You just shared a comment with THE ENTIRE world. For all you know, it could be picked up by this Twitter account that has 7k followers
Myself included. It's a great account.
That said, commenting and participating in a public forum is something I've done for a long time and which I'm comfortable with. This is Steve's first attempt at a mashup. Things are far scarier the first time around.
Also, scary doesn't have to be relative. Sure, going and fighting a war is something most people would find scary. A lot of people would feel the same way about walking down a strange dark alley. Are an active war zone and a poorly-lit space AT ALL similar? No. Yet they're both scary. Others still find meeting new people scary. That doesn't mean that they have "thin skin" or that they live a "sheltered life".
Scary is subjective, not objective, and you don't get to be the person who chooses what other people are and aren't wary of.
> Could you still consider posting a mashup scary?
Phobias, shyness, etc. don't go away just because you did something else scary. I know at least one soldier who's been through Iraq who still finds spiders terrifying.