It makes perfect sense, because better technology does not automatically mean adoption…
Raising the Network will be a battle at every turn. Or at least those of us who believe in SAFE are ready to fight this fight from today 
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It is a an important milestone, and I believe that this is newsworthy.
But I understand your point and I agree that it shouldn’t be oversold for the laymen, it should be concise and to the point.
Otherwise it may just be like crying wolf, and by the time we actually announce the launch of the network it may have accumuilated a fatigue… and people might just ignore it
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Otherwise it may just be like crying wolf, and by the time we actually announce the launch of the network it may have accumuilated a fatigue…
This happened years ago though. Ultimately I don’t think it’ll make any difference because people won’t be able to just ignore a functioning Safe Network unless someone makes another one first. In the meantime there should be a focus on releasing a self-sufficient network.
I see only 2 possible advantages to having marketing:
- Accessible overviews by the marketing team for anyone interested
- Spreading the word to isolated geniuses who wouldn’t otherwise stumble across the project
And posting to Hacker News does not really help in these ways.
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Yep, at this stage, it’s counterproductive. If anything, if mass appeal and notoriety are even achievable as of now given that to a critical mind, we have nothing, it would put the whole project in danger.
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I think it is also worth considering that no matter how sincere our attempt at making folk there or elsewhere aware of progress, Hacker News is most likely inundated by such well intentioned (and not) efforts from all corners.
So understandably faught off with little thought.
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My assumption is that the project’s reputation will not be an issue in the long-term unless a competitor shows up, because SafeNet will be the basis for many essential aspects of life.
The only dangers are that the developers could get distracted (have you seen how often they respond to really basic posts on here, even when they had a marketing team?) and that too much noise will mean that enemies start to take preemptive action (such as government censorship).
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The internet was developed over decades, it had zero competition and was “spammed” to use your terminology all over TV, radio and print for years before it was adopted…
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Things are much more complicated IMO - nobody was online for example during those decades, use cases were minimal etc. I think comparisons are futile because there are so many differences.
We are where we are and each of us brings value. Berating each other is inefficiency.
Different takes, approaches can combine or work against each other.
Trying to get others to see things our way is also inefficient. I think the best way to move things is to get on and act on what we see as opportunity, and demonstrate the value in an approach. When others see that, they judge for themselves, may follow, be inspired etc.
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