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Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by mindcrime on Friday June 30, 2017 @11:23AM (#14671289)
This poster got nothing for all that work

What's your basis for this claim? I can see saying "this poster received no financial compensation for all this work" but that's a different claim. It seems to me that the poster must have received somethingp[1], or they would not have put the effort forth in the first place.

[1]: where "something" could be self-satisfaction, ego-boost, intellectual gratification, or any number of other non-financial rewards.

Re:“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this... by esrauch on Friday June 30, 2017 @11:53AM (#14671520)
I think your line of thinking only implies the poster believed that he would receive a rewards, not that he did receive a reward (he may have regretted doing the work afterwards).