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by goldemerald
2619 days ago
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I appreciate your desire for a better hackernews community, but I disagree with your assessment of my comment. The article is clearly for marketing, not quality content. The original poster is indeed a member of the company. That's not to say company articles are all bad, but the merit of this article is what I based my comment on. But to be fair, what I consider "bile spewing" is based on reddit quality comments, so perhaps I should rethink my commenting style. |
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Bear in mind that HN began as a community of startup founders and enthusiasts, and even though the audience has broadened, it's still part of the culture to be charitable and supportive to people who are just starting out and trying to get something off the ground.
Not everyone entering the startup world has an MIT PhD (we hope!) and the ability to write content that has both technical depth and literary polish.
We all have to start somewhere, and the only way to start getting better at something is to put something out there and see what comes back.
Critique is fine, but we can be constructive and encouraging to help people improve - just as we'd hope people would to for us if we're taking a risk on trying something new.