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Hey! Author here. Appreciate the feedback.

You sound like you know what you're talking about. My site is open source, and if you want you can make a few edits to this article and submit a pull request! https://github.com/vzhou842/victorzhou.com/blob/master/conte...




honest question: who does this benefit but yourself? I don't see a commit log or blame on your site for who wrote what.

Aren't you effectively claiming authorship for other's work?


I think this assumes writing an article only benefits the author, when in fact I think it benefits readers far more (if the blog isn't monetized, the author only really gets satisfaction out of it). If I had expertise in some area I would be happy to contribute to someone else's blog, provided I were properly credited (which the author stated he would do).


My blog is still pretty new, so I haven't had to think about this situation yet - I'm the only one who's committed so far. If someone were to contribute I'd be more than happy to figure out a fair way to attribute them, though!




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