My only motivation is that it pains me to see smart capable people working on insignificant problems.
replyMaybe I don't understand the problem as well as I should, and I'm open to hearing what it is you think that I'm missing.
But from my perspective, this is a solution for a non-problem, which in my eyes is a problem itself.
You misunderstand: I am asking what is your motivation for presenting a 0.0001% use case as a 50% use case.
replyThe use case you present is so small it can be ignored as an option, yet you present it as the only other option.
> People who want to disseminate information also want the credit.
replyThis is psychological projection.
> This is psychological projection.
replyYou don't know what that means.
In any case, people who want to disseminate information with credit can do so without standing up a blog (any place that allows posting of comments, such as Reddit, HN, etc).
In the context of this discussion, we're talking about site owners; people who put up a blog.