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Former_mod_david

Mar 19, 2018

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#81

I've said previously in this thread that I believe that because John is now being paid more for the content that he produces, he now has the opportunity to produce even better content than he could before when he still had to think about how to earn more money to support himself. That would seem to me to be self evident.

Chess.com is actively trying to increase the overall interest and participation in this great game - which is one of the points being made in the linked article with which I revived this thread. It's the business aspect of Chess.com that is funding and enabling that - Chess.com's competitors aren't doing it, they don't need to, as they also benefit from that overall market growth: it's part of the challenge of being the market leader rather than a competitor who follows along in their slipstream, hoping the big fish will make a fatal mistake.

cfour_explosive

Mar 19, 2018

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#82

david wrote:

I've said previously in this thread that I believe that because John is now being paid more for the content that he produces, he now has the opportunity to produce even better content than he could before when he still had to think about how to earn more money to support himself. That would seem to me to be self evident.

Chess.com is actively trying to increase the overall interest and participation in this great game - which is one of the points being made in the linked article with which I revived this thread. It's the business aspect of Chess.com that is funding and enabling that - Chess.com's competitors aren't doing it, they don't need to, as they also benefit from that overall market growth: it's part of the challenge of being the market leader rather than a competitor who follows along in their slipstream, hoping the big fish will make a fatal mistake.

I normally don't like your posts at all, but this one is actually quite sensible. definitely agree with your second paragraph.

ArgoNavis

Mar 19, 2018

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#83

robbie_1969 escribió:

You need to go to room 101 for reconditioning if you think that capitalism produces better results than altruism. Look at the open source software community, it produces better software simply because it has a much broader range of expertise than do closed systems. Also other completely free and unmentionable chess sites are beautifully programmed, work flawlessly and have equably as good players streaming with none of the inane and annoying advertisements that capitalist sites do. You have not made any case why capitalism is better than altruism.

Not everyone in the open source community has an interest in profit, but companies like Red Hat certainly do.

As for capitalism vs altruism, I don't want the thread locked so...I will keep quiet. I'll only say that they aren't mutually exclusive.

ArgoNavis

Mar 19, 2018

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#84

torrubirubi escribió:

The guy is a notorious troll, so be careful about everything he writes. Even if he gives the source and even in the rare cases he is telling the truth, the guy is a troll, so we should always start from the premise he is lying. Or do you believe him when he says he saw Magnus Carlsen stealing? Often he begins his posts with a true story to begin telling his lies...

May I ask you, sirrah, why do you regard that as a negative trait?

macer75

Mar 19, 2018

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#85

ArgoNavis wrote:

robbie_1969 escribió:

You need to go to room 101 for reconditioning if you think that capitalism produces better results than altruism. Look at the open source software community, it produces better software simply because it has a much broader range of expertise than do closed systems. Also other completely free and unmentionable chess sites are beautifully programmed, work flawlessly and have equably as good players streaming with none of the inane and annoying advertisements that capitalist sites do. You have not made any case why capitalism is better than altruism.

Not everyone in the open source community has an interest in profit, but companies like Red Hat certainly do.

As for capitalism vs altruism, I don't want the thread locked so...I will keep quiet. I'll only say that they aren't mutually exclusive.

What's all this about capitalism vs. altruism? Everyone knows that communism is the tried and true way to go!

ANOK1

Mar 19, 2018

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#86

so many isms ,,, but enough of them , im for welcoming John Bartholomew to cc , hope he enjoys it here ,

ANOK1

Mar 19, 2018

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#87

make yourself at home John

ArgoNavis

Mar 19, 2018

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#88

macer75 escribió:

ArgoNavis wrote:

robbie_1969 escribió:

You need to go to room 101 for reconditioning if you think that capitalism produces better results than altruism. Look at the open source software community, it produces better software simply because it has a much broader range of expertise than do closed systems. Also other completely free and unmentionable chess sites are beautifully programmed, work flawlessly and have equably as good players streaming with none of the inane and annoying advertisements that capitalist sites do. You have not made any case why capitalism is better than altruism.

Not everyone in the open source community has an interest in profit, but companies like Red Hat certainly do.

As for capitalism vs altruism, I don't want the thread locked so...I will keep quiet. I'll only say that they aren't mutually exclusive.

What's all this about capitalism vs. altruism? Everyone knows that communism is the tried and true way to go!

But we would be neglecting another important yet frowned upon topic if we only focused on politics...

Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Martin_Stahl

Mar 20, 2018

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#89

Twitch streams have ads I think. Since the site embeds the twitch streams, you would see those ads. The same is true if you are premium here.