On: I've spent the last two years building a new email client

[jamesrcole]

But you're not giving the nod to it -- you don't even know yet if it's any good or not -- you're only telling them about it because you've got something to gain yourself from doing so.

[eevilspock → jamesrcole]

This is the essence of the crap filled internet. Everyone makes these local trade offs and before you know it we all lose. We are prisoners of the dilemma.

[nobodyaccount → jamesrcole]

Yeah! Now you've got it! You're just telling people about something. It's not a big deal.

[jamesrcole → nobodyaccount]

Spam is also "just telling people about something".

Imagine what the world would be like if everyone had the same attitude towards other people's attention and time as you do.

I'm sure this behaviour doesn't seem like a big deal to you because relatively few people are so inconsiderate.