To be fair, if it helps someone find useful information, so much the better. If not, who does it harm?
If not, who does it harm?
It's noise and so harms everyone who is actually looking for information or whose time has value.
Imagine if I started to post random extracts from Wikipedia onto LW. You argument would apply to them as well, would it not?
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
Notes for future OT posters:
1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag.
2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one. (Immediately before; refresh the list-of-threads page before posting.)
3. Open Threads should be posted in Discussion, and not Main.
4. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.