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genuinely impressed by your tact and quality of response to such a weirdly hostile message

• whalesalad 2y ago
  What about my message is hostile? Serious question. I know I’m being critical but I’m not trying to be hostile. Have you ever been to an investor meeting? That is a true hostile environment. Consider this the dry run.
  • dang 2y ago
    Leading with "I'm actually shocked YC invested in this product" in response to a startup launch strikes me as hostile. For example. People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20objects%20mirror%20appear&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
    • whalesalad 2y ago
      I’m sorry dang but no, this is not hostility. Again a startup has a monumental mountain to climb, critical and authentic feedback is absolutely not hostile. It’s valuable food for thought. The link you referenced is looking for “objects in the mirror” I’m not sure how that’s related here. Frankly HN has become an Orwellian environment, perhaps after 14+ years I’m no longer welcome here.
  • apeytavin 2y ago
    In my experience investors are actually too nice and don't tell you what they think. I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss
• apeytavin 2y ago
  Haha thank you. But really, his message was full of very concrete remarks that help us get better at presenting what we do.