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date: 2024-04-13T12:27:51.281Z
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Hi, I'm ek. I guess this is the part where I introduce myself in an interesting and unique way such that reading this is worth your time and you don't immediately leave. [Attention is a scarce resource](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_economy) after all.

However, I would actually prefer to not introduce myself. I would prefer to let my words speak for themselves--my words here and in what I write about on this site. So let me introduce you to my site.

## To be unique to be authentic

I see this site as my tiny island in the vastness of the internet. It does not try to compete with other islands since I believe this would mean it's not trying to be unique. **Competition can only exist between parties that want the same thing.**

However, is this true? Even if an island is trying to be unique, from the visitor's perspective, it still competes with every other island, unwillingly or not. A visitor can only be at one island at a time after all. Additionally, the desire to be unique is not unique among islands. A visitor doesn't care what you want. A visitor cares what you provide.

Does this mean competition is a matter of perspective? Maybe so. But more importantly, it means that **competition can only exist between parties that provide the same thing.**

Therefore, the goal of this site is to provide you something unique. It eliminates competition by stepping out of it and embracing its quirks. It's very much like finding a niche in which you naturally fit in a way that others can't. **Maybe this is the ultimate competition: to be unique to be authentic.**

In any way, this whole site is meant to be a [complex search query to find fascinating people](https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/search-query). I will leave my introduction at this for now.

[Why don't you introduce yourself to me now?](https://stacker.news/items/505345)

