I can tell you what is even less important than this game. Most of the web development. I mean, do we really need a millionth copy of the same basic CRUD webpage or bullshit webapp just because a small company wants to outcompete another small company on ad revenue?
> Rather than just (apparently) bro'ing out at 4am and "collecting a lot of XP."
This "bro'ing out at 4 am" will have more "actual social impact" as a side effect of collected data and community created than most of the things programmers write for money.
Maybe go pick on web developers. Or sports events organizers. Or tourism industry. It's all bullshit compared to Ebola.
There's just something extra weird about the exuberant level of interest, shown by members of a certain set who (according to their carefully crafted image) are just way incredibly smarter than the rest of us, in projects so utterly trivial.
> Rather than just (apparently) bro'ing out at 4am and "collecting a lot of XP."
This "bro'ing out at 4 am" will have more "actual social impact" as a side effect of collected data and community created than most of the things programmers write for money.
Maybe go pick on web developers. Or sports events organizers. Or tourism industry. It's all bullshit compared to Ebola.