Merek
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To wit:
It's understandable that some degree of self-promotion is desired, since a. All communities need SOME new members and b.Ironically for a site about culture decaying into a giant circle-jerk of consumerism, AG is in fact a commercial endeavor, at least in part. That said, it's clear both from the "We have media attention" thread and little nuggets like the site's "special" formatting every time you write ">reddit" that social media are generally seen with either scorn or downright hatred, and that there's a very real desire to keep this site sheltered from a certain crowd of people, lest yet another neat place falls victim to Eternal September.
With that in mind, why the fuck are we encouraging users to plaster this site all over social media? Do we want people from >reddit here? Do we want people from Facebook? Do we want "people" from fucking TWITTER? This is like tossing a couple handguns in a baby's play pen with the safeties off. "Oh don't worry, I'm sure it will be fine."
It could very well just be vestigial from whatever template AG was orginally crafted, but I think an edit might be in order.
It's understandable that some degree of self-promotion is desired, since a. All communities need SOME new members and b.Ironically for a site about culture decaying into a giant circle-jerk of consumerism, AG is in fact a commercial endeavor, at least in part. That said, it's clear both from the "We have media attention" thread and little nuggets like the site's "special" formatting every time you write ">reddit" that social media are generally seen with either scorn or downright hatred, and that there's a very real desire to keep this site sheltered from a certain crowd of people, lest yet another neat place falls victim to Eternal September.
With that in mind, why the fuck are we encouraging users to plaster this site all over social media? Do we want people from >reddit here? Do we want people from Facebook? Do we want "people" from fucking TWITTER? This is like tossing a couple handguns in a baby's play pen with the safeties off. "Oh don't worry, I'm sure it will be fine."
It could very well just be vestigial from whatever template AG was orginally crafted, but I think an edit might be in order.