You can call this success. I don't. Success is writing great code or educating people. Not provoking bullshit responses.
So like, i wrote an article about learning to code. It was wrong. I was using outdated research.
But none of my critique of it was about that. I had to discover that later. My crituque was that it was stupid, or unfair, or anti-blue-collar, or whatever. I got 0 value, 0 education, 0 fun, and only regret out o the experience. And it was strictly my diligence on the subject that lead to a correction.
What exactly did I get other than harassment for this process? Maybe you feel differently, but honestly? I don't care how folks feel. Either we have a constructive dialogue, or we don't. I don't want non-constructive dialogues. I can find no consolation in the later kind.
You might look at my content history on HN and say, "But you argue with people a lot." I do, because I feel obligated to do so. I do not like it or enjoy it. It is something I have promised to do; not something I want to.
So like, i wrote an article about learning to code. It was wrong. I was using outdated research.
But none of my critique of it was about that. I had to discover that later. My crituque was that it was stupid, or unfair, or anti-blue-collar, or whatever. I got 0 value, 0 education, 0 fun, and only regret out o the experience. And it was strictly my diligence on the subject that lead to a correction.
What exactly did I get other than harassment for this process? Maybe you feel differently, but honestly? I don't care how folks feel. Either we have a constructive dialogue, or we don't. I don't want non-constructive dialogues. I can find no consolation in the later kind.
You might look at my content history on HN and say, "But you argue with people a lot." I do, because I feel obligated to do so. I do not like it or enjoy it. It is something I have promised to do; not something I want to.