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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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.