Civility

[claptrap]

On Friday, 24 June 2022 at 04:43:34 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
> On Friday, 24 June 2022 at 02:48:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
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>> Remember that movie "Field of Dreams"? To have a successful 
>> baseball field, "build it and they'll come". That's a 
>> pernicious lie.
>
> Another lie is "There's no such thing as bad publicity”. Bad 
> press is bad. Threads like "Why D is unpopular?" shouldn't 
> reach 1000 posts.

That "quote" is usually attributed to P T Barnum, (or some 
variation to Oscar Wilde), so i think it has to be taken in 
context, if you're running a circus / freak show bad press can 
sometimes be good in the same way press outrage at an "offensive" 
film can drive people to see it.

Not so good otherwise though.