I don't do it all of the time... just when what I've written is too long and/or there's a picture/diagram/video. The blog entry linked to this forum post. If anybody was truly interested in more specific context then it's easy enough for them to ctl-f using relevant phrases.

I insulted people whose values I strongly disagree with? Sure, ok. But wouldn't it be an infinitely bigger insult to them if I opposed their freedom to allocate their taxes according to their values? I'm sure there are people whose values you strongly disagree with. Do you support their freedom to allocate their taxes according to their values?

That's too bad that you didn't think that my blog entry adequately addressed your point about free-riding. Let me try again. Do you have Netflix? I do. I watch various shows and movies but I don't value them all equally. But what if Netflix allowed me to allocate my monthly fees to the content that I valued most? After Netflix took its cut, they would pass the money on to the producers of the content that I dollar voted for.

Clearly there would be some content that I would consume that wouldn't be worth my contribution. This is your concern. It's not my concern though. Limited resources would constantly be shifted away from the creation of the least beneficial content and redirected towards the creation of the most beneficial content. This would maximize the amount of value that we, as a society, derived from our limited resources.

For more elaboration... Crazy Cable Confusion: Costless Content Creation

Elsewhere you wrote...

I don't think Linus's law applies here, since that's with areas like programming where a) the eyeballs are experts and b) it is close unambiguous once a bug has been found that it is a bug.

When I tried to reply to it I was informed that "Replies to downvoted comments are discouraged. You don't have the requisite 5 Karma points to proceed."

It will probably help if you read The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The only thing it will cost you is time! If the opportunity cost is too high then I suppose you can just take my word for it that you're wrong.

Linus's Law doesn't just apply to finding errors/problems... it also applies to finding solutions... and treasure. The more kids looking for Easter eggs... the more Easter eggs that will be found. Given enough eyeballs, all Easter eggs are shallow.

Pragmatarianism would put a lot of eyeballs in the public sector. How could it not? Given enough eyeballs in the public sector, all problems/solutions will be shallow. If there's a problem with public healthcare then pragmatarianism would increase our chances of finding it. Pragmatarianism would also increase our chances of finding a solution to this problem.

Perhaps it might seem like the opportunity cost of more people looking in the public sector is that we'll have less people looking in the private sector. Because, nobody can look in two places at exactly the same time. Except, if people spend more time looking in the public sector then clearly it's because they perceive that doing so increases their chances of finding and pointing out landmines/treasures.

In other words, we really don't maximize progress by limiting where people can look... and act on whatever it is that they find. With this in mind, we would clearly maximize benefit by allowing people to give their taxes to any country's government organizations. If Lilith gives her taxes to the Brazilian EPA rather than the American EPA then evidently she found a better Easter egg.