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by feca 4423 days ago
Why do they need the funding? I find it dishonest and immoral.
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You may think it is unnecessary, but I don't see how it is dishonest or immoral. Those are very strong words not supported by any argument.
Nobody asked for an argument, and by downvoting any argument on my part was prevented. I can explain why I find it immoral: I think the world has many real and deep problems, and investing in a web application that is not hard to build and solves a superfluous first world problem, is a waste of resources. Conversely, I think profiting from it is dishonest and immoral. You may disagree with my reasoning and you may have a different world view to compare, but the downvotes just terminate the conversation.

  > Nobody asked for an argument, and by downvoting any
  > argument on my part was prevented.
I feel like we're all being trolled, but how is your failure to present a cogent argument in your initial comment affected by downvotes that occur at a later time? You did the online equivalent to walking up to someone and saying to their face that they are dishonest and immoral, without any rationale for such an offensive position. In real life, you'd be punched in the face or, at the very least, escorted off their property. Is the fact that you're being downvoted really that surprising to you?

What you write is being held to a higher standard than what you are accustomed to. You can choose to use this as an opportunity to grow and improve your writing and better present your thoughts or you can choose to complain at how unfair it is. In your Redis comment[0] you talk about having manners and respect for other people's work. Perhaps you can hold yourself to this same standard.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7349654

> You may disagree with my reasoning

You haven't presented any reasoning to disagree with, even when it was specifically asked for.

Solving problems is not a zero-sum game.
There's a section on the page called "Why Kickstarter?"

I don't think there's anything dishonest and immoral about the reasons given there.

Could you elaborate on this? How is this dishonest or immoral?
I think the app is not hard to build, so funding is not necessary.