[lincolnq]

Hmm. I think your comment sets a bad tone for the discussion, especially as the top-rated comment. While I wouldn't want to back many of these startups as they're written, I think some of them have potential to be grown into a viable business idea, and dismissing them all in one shot just biases the whole thread negatively.

I guess I'd just rather read constructive posts first.

[jpwagner]

Best way to get easy karma: say hey-thats-not-fair to the cynical posts (regardless of hilarity.)

[lincolnq]

I don't think karma is deserved for either of our posts. They both add to the noise. But I'm trying to reduce the overall noise (in a way which has more impact than downvoting) and you're increasing it. (voters: all the posts in this thread should be at 0 or 1 and at the bottom -- please make it so)