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Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage

(maalvika.substack.com)
763 points alihm | 9 comments | 04 Jul 25 21:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.824s | source | bottom
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alganet[dead post] ◴[04 Jul 25 22:09 UTC] No.44468288[source]▶
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Myzel394 ◴[04 Jul 25 22:24 UTC] No.44468407[source]▶
Why's that?
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1. alganet ◴[04 Jul 25 22:32 UTC] No.44468467[source]▶
it rewards viral, vague behavior that only draws clicks but doesn't actually generate knowledge
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2. vasco ◴[04 Jul 25 22:35 UTC] No.44468485[source]▶
The windmills are that way
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3. alganet ◴[04 Jul 25 22:57 UTC] No.44468635[source]▶
running into a windmill considered harmful
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4. rvz ◴[04 Jul 25 23:19 UTC] No.44468781{3}[source]▶
considered harmful considered harmful
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5. alganet ◴[04 Jul 25 23:34 UTC] No.44468873{4}[source]▶
One could make a vague substack post about this.
6. whatevertrevor ◴[05 Jul 25 06:11 UTC] No.44470457[source]▶
Can you expound? I've heard about some controversy around them not moderating hateful content, which fair enough.

But how does it reward anything if you're not engaging with anything outside of direct article links or newsletters you subscribe to?

IMO your comment is not constructive unless you think the linked article is "viral vague behavior that only draws clicks"

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7. alganet ◴[05 Jul 25 13:09 UTC] No.44472577[source]▶
It's constructive criticism towards the platform.
8. tayo42 ◴[05 Jul 25 16:53 UTC] No.44473961[source]▶
How does it do this? It hosts texts and newsletters? You mignt as well say any blog post hosting service is like that
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9. alganet ◴[05 Jul 25 20:43 UTC] No.44475401[source]▶
It presents likes and reshares metrics. This rewards content that is vague and viral. If you can trick people to make numbers go up, doesn't matter the quality of the content.

It's garbage. C'mon, we all know this already.