[blantonl]

I think the issue is there's this undercurrent of self-promotion with these types of posts. Just like the people 20 years ago who would post their $20K adsense checks on their blog posts saying "you too can be successful like me (FLEX)"

[zpeti]

Did you ever think these people want some feedback and admiration and recognition for what they’ve done? Being a solopreneur is really really lonely.

And no one cares what you are doing. Posts like this are about getting recognition. Making $42k a month doesn’t actually get you any recognition by itself. Maybe buying champagne in a club from it does, but a lot of people don’t like that kind of attention.

People on HN are just so resentful and want to see the bad in posts like this it’s really sad.