Yeah he's pretty unconvincable I agree. But for the lurker more open minded, or on the fence? Seeing an interaction like this is extremely convincing in my opinion. At least that's my true goal here.

depends how brainwashed the lurker's been. did you need anyone to convince you to use monero, or were you smart enough to figure it out? I am inclined to reply when I see the blatant maxi dogma to hopefully let a naive lurker know there is another viewpoint, which sets them off down their own rabbit hole - if they're smart enough, they'll figure it out. what is certainly a waste of time is trying to "win" arguments - that's just ego shit. and especially against dogmatic, closed-off minds. in that case, I only see the usefulness in exposing how close-minded they are (which likely means they have no good arguments, only emotions and insults to throw at you). for the seasoned reader, that's all they need to see to draw their own conclusions.

Very true. Luke Smith got me into Monero. I was into privacy tech and free software before yet was a nocoiner since I didn't see Bitcoin being used. Once I learned about Monero and how you can actually use it today I was sold within hours and have been using it since.