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by WalterBright 2245 days ago
Optimizing a system for the 1% of 1% of 1% is not the greatest good.
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Not if your goal is to help the greatest number of authors, but it might be if your goal is to help the greatest number of readers. Since a single book can be enjoyed by many, it's arguably better to have a single book that is very liked than one thousand books that nobody really likes to read.