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Comment by rexreed | Hacker News Reader

Honestly I'd rather have this straightforward no-BS talk than the "take this amazing journey with us" all is happy BS that is much easier to be cynical and skeptical about. What about the copy is false? It seems true to me, if it is blunt. I can't say the same for other website content that is much more bland, but also much more false.

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There's a middle ground that isn't "amazing journey" and isn't "i'm an asshole but i'll let you use my service, I guess"

From my perspective the latter associates itself with volatility which isn't fantastic for any kind of hosting.

I don't know why talk like this gets a reputation as being straightforward and no-BS. It would be more straightforward and have less BS if it just said, "Image sharing made simple. Like imgur, but without he bullshit."

Not a long ramble about being ashamed (why?) about an image board I never even think of.

We're trying to maintain the puritanical simplicity of the internet, didn't you hear?

On a more serious note, I tend to agree with you and would add one more thing: I have several friends who have explicitly asked for more websites with this paid model. My friends want to pay to not be advertised to or have their data sold. It also happens to be the case that those same people all express their opinions in a very similar style as this website's copy.

I am half-hoping a company will buy this so I can write the "amazing journey" post I was born for.

This is neither "straightforward" nor "no-BS", there's plenty of BS in there are and pointless posturing.

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