[nothrabannosir]

> This is why I'm convinced that people should honestly share like 1% of what they are really thinking in comments. Yeah, there might be a 1% chance that Instagram would succeed, but do you really want to look like the idiot doubting it could ever happen, with your comment immortalized on the world wide web five years later when you're proven wrong?

The world has enough silent cowards. Give me an outspoken person who puts their money (/honour) where their mouth is, any day.

[bigfoig]

I'm fairly certain approximately 100% of the people in that thread who thought the IG move was a bad idea also did absolutely nothing to bet AGAINST the move they were so sure about

in the end they were just speculators speculating

My point is not that "commenting on the internet is dumb cause it might make you look like an idiot" but the fact is that probably zero of the detractors in the HN link posted had anything other than an uninformed opinion

[nothrabannosir]

That's a fine point, but it's not what you said. You said people should keep their opinions to themselves, for fear of "looking like an idiot". That's the worst possible reason to not speak out.

If you want people to shut up because their uninformed opinions annoy you, that's something else. Say that, and take the bad karma that comes with it.

[Jweb_Guru]

You're much too sane for this place, get out while you still can.