[SahAssar]

I read through most of those comments and while a lot of them are critical or negative I would still say most of them are "good" as in that they are constructive and give feedback on the idea or it's execution.

When you say "While there were some really good comments, the vast majority were very negative and critical" it sounds like you think that negative or critical comments cannot be good.

[didgetmaster]

I took another look at the HN comments and I think you are right, there were a lot more constructive comments there. I guess I just remembered the toxic comments on Slashdot a lot more and mixed the two in my memory.

[leaflets2]

> I just remembered the toxic comments

We tend to pay more attention to the negative and dangerous -- a survival thing, right (from when we were hunters and gatherers)