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Some notes on influenceering


The ups and downs of publishing non-commercial content on the internet.

To give you a taste, I had my website randomly delisted by Google, hijacked by SEO spammers in Bing, repeatedly flagged by antivirus tools, and hit with bogus abuse and copyright claims; in each case, it took weeks to get it sorted out, often having to lean on informal connections to get through. The costs range from photo and video gear, to software licenses, to the procurement of antique calculating machines and random PCBs. Sooner or later, you come across a heckler who follows you around and makes it their life’s mission to “debunk” your claims — or simply hurl insults in your general direction without any pretense of being constructive.

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