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The comments here are really hitting home to me how self-aggrandizing and toxic hacker news is becoming. This guy got off his ass and started a real business.
by jefft 14y ago
The comments here are really hitting home to me how self-aggrandizing and toxic hacker news is becoming.
This guy got off his ass and started a real business. How about a pat on the back or words of encouragement?
Here's a dose of optimism for you, OP: Good for you. You got this far, you will figure out the challenges ahead of you.
“It is not the critic who counts" has never been more true.
- huggyface 14y agoAside from the fact that this simply links to a Reddit story, I don't at all subscribe to the "only say nice things" philosophy. HN is about sober reality. It should be about people rationally checking ideas. The alternative is that we all essentially engage in fantasy, which is the sort of (failing to find any other term) masturbatory circle-jerk that does nothing but inflate foolish ideas. I'm not saying that the GP is right or wrong: I actually haven't read the linked story. But the notion that only positive responses are acceptable rubs me the wrong way.
- localcasestudy 14y agoWow this means a lot, thank you very much!