For absolute clarity, I was a mod of the swap and sharpening subreddit (I guess technically still am but it’s closed so rather in name only).
I was briefly a mod of the main subreddit when they closed it over Reddit policy change protests. My appointment was more a joke than anything and I am...
I won’t lie, I’m not the best at navigating KKF, I found my way to BST a few years ago and that was sort of as far as I went regularly (sue me I like looking at knives and stones and wondering what my wife won’t notice). So to have them linked is very helpful.
Thank you, I shall take some time...
Personally, I can see the logic behind some of the conclusions. Although, I won’t deny there’s nothing in the article that make them more than conjecture.
For me the only real interesting bit is those examples and whether or not they could’ve been avoided I guess.
But I understand if people...
Valid criticisms of the quality of the article itself.
I don’t disagree, but sometimes hard sources don’t exist for the “unspoken” aspects of a community.
Look at the trouble various industries have had with horrific things that have gone on for decades without a soul chiming up about them...
Would it be preferable to use this thread to criticise Mariner’s writing then?
No need to consider if there is a valid point hidden in there?
No desire to use every opportunity to see if better solutions can be found?
We’re happy that what we have is the best it can be and that the best it...
They’re not a mod now.
I understand that they used to be active there but that’s not the case anymore.
I don’t think it’s fair to act as if Mariner represents a subreddit of 179k people that probably have no interest in anything but lurking and upvoting NKD posts.
I also go back to this...
Is there somewhere I can read the rationales, so I can understand?
I’m not here to defend Mariner’s article.
I’m here because I wonder if things could be better.
But if you assert that they cannot and this is the best it’ll ever be then fine. End of discussion. Ignore the article or mock the...
If you’d messaged the swap mod team we’d have talked it through.
Part of the problem we had with this kind of thing was identifying people who had explicitly broken our rules.
We did have a problem with people trying to take advantage of new comers or the less knowledgable on swap. It’s hard...
I guess I just don’t care about the quality of the journalism because I think the article is less important than the idea.
If all we want to do is sit here and bag on the author fine, but I don’t see that as being constructive.
Yes there will always be bad actors but do you not think we...
Okay, but does bad journalism and sensationalism invalidate the idea?
Personally I don’t think so.
Would the discussion have been engaged with so passionately by so many had it not been inflammatory?
It’s like YouTube click bait titles and thumbnails.
They’re annoying as hell but the...
Agree with it, disagree with it.
It’s been very effective thus far at generating discussion on the topic.
I don’t believe Mariner is trying to say that every sale is a bad sale. They have highlighted some dramatic examples to show us what can go wrong.
Are these the minority? I should hope...