We have come full circle.

I saw this on HN years ago from the original that linked here. 2-3 days ago posted on 4chan's /g/ board that I remembered this sentence but didn't remember its source and the hash it contained.

Someone on /g/ found the post on HN and a large thread ensued that expired and auto-deleted 12 hours ago or so. And then this person posted it on Twitter and it got shared here.

Actually fascinating.

for the interested.

https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/95910112

So, a Twitter Blue user contributing nothing original and not giving credit to the source? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked!

Reposts do add value though. Think of it this way: there’s a pool of content you haven’t seen before and a subset of it which you’d enjoy seeing. If no one reposts anything ever, you won’t be able to see any of it.

In fact, some of the things you have seen before you would probably not mind seeing again. Maybe you didn’t think to save it at the time or maybe your circumstances have changed.

Anyways, I wouldn’t confuse low effort with low value.

If only Twitter had an option to re-post some of the older content posted there. Like a retweet or something.

Hides the source from other pirates by using X.