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beware of scammers
Are there scammers on SN as well?
Yes, see #786630
oh wow, i skimmed over that one! what was the scammer's mother teaching him...
no, that's a neat part of SN. SN parasites still hurt, but not in the monetary energy. i had a friend who called people like that "zompires" (zombie-vampires)
These words or phrases, damn!
I'm not American nir English, so I enjoy them but I also feel that they may seem funny but they may hurt.
Because you also used the word parasites, can you precisely define who do you think is a parasite on SN?
the fundamental definition is that the parasite cannot survive without a host. so for example, when i was posting mining rewards under a bot's mining rewards post in the saloon. i wondered if i am being parasitic, but the bot disappeared for a few days, and i kept posting in the saloon, getting some sats anyway.
parasitism goes deep - this is not only about sats, but about people's psychic energies being wasted on meaningless activities that do not add value.
"zompires" is a pretty fun term, i like it. shakespeare created many new words, why can't we use our imagination to make some too.
Okay now I understand your Saloon posts haha
Yeah, I too like the word, pretty good.
Bots are definitely the parasites but do you recognise some of the real stackers as parasites here?
oh yea - i can feel it if the post makes me angry, and if most other posts by the user make me angry too.
funny story - someone nice i met away-from-keyboard (AFK) got onto stacker news, and before i knew his SN username, his posts triggered me. however, after i realized who the user is, my attitude shifted, and it took me a while to recognize that i should have trusted my first impression of the online persona.
online persona may vary significantly from from AFK personality.
it's a good idea to have a short post like this every so often, as more people sign up, similar to the telegram's repeating posts of "beware of scammers!" in support channels.