<story><title>Why the Fuck?</title><url>http://raganwald.posterous.com/why-the-fuck</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>untog</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;Reginald Braithwaite is a software developer at Leanpub, where he and his colleagues take the friction out of writing and selling books&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why the &lt;i&gt;fuck&lt;/i&gt; are the greatest minds of our generation toiling away on a book publishing platform? Oh, right, because &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; think it&apos;s important. Guess what- we all have different opinions. Is book publishing more important than dating? Before you laugh, think about it- finding someone to share your life with is very important to a lot of people. A lot more than will ever publish a book.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s pretty depressing to see this upvoted as far as it has been on HN. What is it &lt;i&gt;actually&lt;/i&gt; saying? It&apos;s like one of those stupid motivational posters (only negative)- all emotion-tugging, no depth.&lt;p&gt;Why are you making a book publishing platform and not following your own advice?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>amix</author><text>There&apos;s an old saying that applies to this: Don&apos;t throw with stones when you live in a glasshouse. I can&apos;t really give much respect to people that don&apos;t follow their own advice and that rant with profanity at people that make a difference in the world to at least 1 billion people (Google and FB combined).</text></comment>
<story><title>Why the Fuck?</title><url>http://raganwald.posterous.com/why-the-fuck</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>untog</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;Reginald Braithwaite is a software developer at Leanpub, where he and his colleagues take the friction out of writing and selling books&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why the &lt;i&gt;fuck&lt;/i&gt; are the greatest minds of our generation toiling away on a book publishing platform? Oh, right, because &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; think it&apos;s important. Guess what- we all have different opinions. Is book publishing more important than dating? Before you laugh, think about it- finding someone to share your life with is very important to a lot of people. A lot more than will ever publish a book.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s pretty depressing to see this upvoted as far as it has been on HN. What is it &lt;i&gt;actually&lt;/i&gt; saying? It&apos;s like one of those stupid motivational posters (only negative)- all emotion-tugging, no depth.&lt;p&gt;Why are you making a book publishing platform and not following your own advice?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mdda</author><text>Upvoted because it makes for an interesting discussion, which is what HN is for.  An upvote doesn&apos;t mean agreement, it means (AFAICR) &apos;worth having on the site&apos;.</text></comment>