The article doesn't really list any cool things people are using it for.
> "Forget bots messing with Github and posting to social media." Why should we forget that?
Go back 20 years, and if HN existed in those days, it will be full of "Forget that peer to peer is used for piracy. Focus on the positive uses."
The web, and pretty much every communication channel in existence magnifies a lot of illegal activity (child abuse, etc). Should we singularly focus on those?
We shouldn't singularly focus on those, but it's unreasonable to respond to a post about the dangers of a product by telling the author that the product is very popular so it's best to forget the dangers. 2006-era hackers affirmatively argued that the dangers of piracy are overblown, often going so far as to say that piracy is perfectly ethical and it's media companies' fault for making their content so hard to access.
> but it's unreasonable to respond to a post about the dangers of a product by telling the author that the product is very popular so it's best to forget the dangers.
> "Forget bots messing with Github and posting to social media." Why should we forget that?
Go back 20 years, and if HN existed in those days, it will be full of "Forget that peer to peer is used for piracy. Focus on the positive uses."
The web, and pretty much every communication channel in existence magnifies a lot of illegal activity (child abuse, etc). Should we singularly focus on those?