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Like a Shell

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2026

Shells and Sea Plants

Shells are powerful. No, not UNIX shells. Slimy creatures with solid shells. They're difficult to damage or hurt. They reproduce fast. Very fast.

Techrights is like a shell. Its ideas replicate fast, it's hard to censor or hurt, and it grows every week. The past month has been very good for us. Our status improved, readership grew, and our reputation continues to blossom the harder people try to crush us (more so when those people themselves lack credibility).

It's called the ‘martyrdom effect’ and we wrote about it several times earlier this year. Overreactions can backfire.

'Martyr' Duterte seeks to capture the hearts of the Philippine public

Shells and Sea Plants


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