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Many people whom I gave links to the various resources on my site, accused me of linking to them in order to drive in traffic for my site. First of all, I should note that it sounds like what I call a "conspiracy theory" where one tries to formulate an ulterior motive explanation instead of assuming purity of intents.
That put aside - what will driving traffic to my site, buy me exactly? I don't get paid for each visitor or "unique hit" or whatever, and the Project Wonderful ads that used to be on my site were not pay-per-click, but rather pay-per-time (and now are no longer present after Project Wonderful announced that they will stop operating). While I admit I'd like my site to be as popular as possible, the real reason why I link to pages there is because they are relevant to the discussion at hand. If you're too envious of me linking to my site, then please stop and get your own site which you can start populating with interesting content to your heart's content.
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First of all note that it is "ableism" as I tend to link to my sites/blogs/domain a lot due to a combination of hypomania and slow typing due to hand paralysis. A lot of people think of blindness or deafness as the only disabilities, but there are many more, including bipolar disorder Scizophrenia, and even lacking or non-native knowledge of English and other languages. Some Haredi Jews locally block YouTube, due to a Jewish Law prohibition on hearing female vocalists.
I believe "anti-self-promotion" is a moral fashion popularised by reddit that was not present on Slashdot, Freecode / Freshmeat, (and still isn't) and which I'll do as much as I can to kill: "Chuck Norris was challenged to fight the world, and accepted. He bet on himself, won, and collected the bet money.".
Furthermore, like Ayn Rand in The Fountainhead I believe in karma, and that being nasty and unkind to people can bite you further down the road (while being kind and generous returns seven folds). buu almost got himself killed due to frequent online chat hostility and use of IRC force (kicks, devoices, or bans). In addition, a former boss of mine who used to walk in the middle of the roads (hubris) in Gush Dan, got badly injured in a car accident. ::: ::: ::: :::
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