How Would You Redirect Latent Talent?
There is an amazing pool of technical talent squandered on the Web every day.
It's a bit like graffiti artists, those frustrated Matisses who recolor neighborhoods not - as some claim - to state their independence - but simply to blow off boredom.
I link the two because of the fundamental waste of talent and the consequent cost to society as well as the individuals.
Today I was working in a private membership site, having spent some time creating my own 'masterpiece'. Finally it was 'ready' so I clicked to the next stage - and got a '404', page not found, error.
Unusual, but by the time I'd hunted around and said unkind words for a while I hit the home page - and discovered a black-faced and profane advertisement. Which then redirected to the site run by the idiots responsible.
This time I use the word 'idiots' because of the quality of the content at that site.
Yet technically, the place is quite marvellous.
How much better off would those people - and the world in general - be if that talent could be redirected?
Anyone got any ideas how?

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