[giantrobot]

> I was there when engineers of the 80s/90s poo, poo'ed commercial success of the internet.

> I was there when engineers of the 90s poo, poo'ed iPhones (it's just a drive with a phone jack that can make calls)

>I was there when engineers of the 00s poo, poo'ed Twitter, Instagram

A good portion of HN was also part of all those conversations, I know I was. Suggesting the zeitgeist of any of those fora was poopooing new technologies is ridiculous. The fact those fora were enabled by those technologies should tell you that your position is absurd.

You've created a strawman out of a fantasy cohort of technology enthusiasts ignorantly poopooing technologies. Because you can easily beat up your strawman you seem to have convinced yourself of your own superiority.

Maybe you should take your passive voice casual insults to some other forum. Go wow them with your Brobdingnagian intellect. Your valuable insights will be sorely missed but you're wasting your time here.

[deltree7]

No, I'll stay here. I've always made the best investment when I bet against usenet, slashdot and HN 'popular' opinions.

One day HN will be irrelevant, as the true value creators will move on to something else. As a superior prognosticator, I'll know when and I'll leave ship.