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by username223 3875 days ago
Ugh. "Throw feces at the wall and see if it sticks" is the culture that gave us post-a-day blog spam instead of sporadic thoughtful writing, and github spammers pushing out whatever half-done garbage they typed in on a manic Saturday to be abandoned by Monday.

As the saying goes, "there's a reason you have two ears but only one mouth."

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And what exactly is wrong with people getting lots of practice writing and lots of practice coding? You don't need to read what they've written.
I still need to determine whether it's worth reading. Private diaries/libraries are still useful, both for the writing and for the lack of publication.
That's why there should be a way for people to voluntarily designate that what they are writing is not worth reading!

I know sometimes I want to respond to something, but know that my response does not contribute anything useful, and so I wish I could respond in a way that would only be shown if someone opted in to seeing messages self-described as useless.