adesh wrote: ↑2020-05-19, 16:16
Pallid Planetoid, read this carefully before replying please.
Nobody said exposure is not helpful. But a thing like negative publicity and "exposure" also exists. Take "fake news" or spreading propaganda, affecting elections using "exposure" and a lot of other things. Do you think those are
helpful or
unhelpful?
This
negative exposure,
undue criticism and
misinformation is what is dangerous and what the core people are against (as they should be).
All very excellent points and all of which I subscribe to as well.
No question insidious inaccurate "propoganda" is very much so a "negative". I can safely say that you're preaching to the choir on this subject.
So while I totally agree with what you've said in it's entirety --- My point is what I've heard in reply to when posting this topic and a former similar topic is that making a list like this is "not really that helpful' (paraphrase) and/or amounts to a "wash" at best.....
Do you believe that?
To believe the counterpoint to what I've been saying would suggest that Pale Moon making a top-10 list is "fake" news (as you put it) and at worse "spreading propaganda" to use your terms.
I do not believe that Pale Moon making a top-10 list is any of that -- clearly this does not fit into the areas of "propaganda" or "fake news" -- wouldn't you agree?
Wouldn't you agree that any product making a top-10 list is "good" news for that product?
And the only way that this would be damaging in any way would be if the product DID NOT DESERVE TO MAKE THE TOP-10 LISTS!!!
Do you believe Pale Moon merits making a top-10 list?
I think you will agree -- so then we are in agreement -- the "exposure" that Pale Moon is getting is a "good" thing and is not "fake news" nor is it "propaganda".
I hope you've taken the time to read my post as I have yours.
Addendum: Oh and what I've said here in this post (for the most part) is all that I've previously been saying all along. It occurs to me that sometimes people have an innate instinct to take an opposing view just for the sake of conflict when in reality they would otherwise generally be in agreement. In many cases the adversarial path seems appealing for some even in the face of actual agreement when a premise is actually examined properly thus it will be the innate need to resist agreement that will still prevail.
