[GavinMcG]

> Couldn't continue after that.

Sure you could have. You even acknowledge that there may be good points in the article. But you chose to prioritize whatever positive feeling you got out of closing it and coming back to HN to make a comment about how you'd done so.

[maximus-decimus]

What they mean is the person lost all credibility in their eyes and they can't take anything they say seriously.

[GavinMcG]

I disagree, but substantively what's it matter?