[maxbond]

"This topic is overvalued in the marketplace of ideas" is equivalent to "I don't care about this idea."

The problem with spam is that it is involuntary and fraudulent. The thing about articles on Rust is that participation is voluntary, and the claims they are only for clout are untrue, as I've argued.

I'd be curious what your answers to my thought experiments are.

ETA: I apologize for making you feel admonished, that wasn't my intention. I'm really not interested in criticizing you or anyone as people, but the behavior and the sentiment behind it. My intention wasn't to throw mud, but to hold up a mirror and show how this message is received; I did my honest best to compose a convincing counter argument, and the reaction I was going for was, "Gee, I hadn't thought of it that way", and not, "This jerk is calling me out."