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by pvg 805 days ago
Consider it rephrased in a way that doesn’t upset you

Consider not projecting emotional states on people you expect to reply to you.

“what do you think the advantages of your new library are that outweigh the years of development behind existing libraries?”

Like the sibling comment says, that's an obviously loaded question. But more importantly - Show HN is for all kinds of projects - from polished commercial offerings to learning projects or scratch-an-itch projects in their early stages of development. It doesn't make sense (nor is it particularly respectful of the author or inviting to new authors) to treat the posts of personal projects like a sales call and present them a list of generic, reflexive checkmarks and requirements questions. A Show HN of that sort is an invitation to take a look at something, provide feedback, chitchat with the developer if you have an interest in the particular topic. If fully-baked things are more your speed, you can just find a Show HN that showhns that.

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Why would I expect a reply? I think you have confused me with the earlier commenter.
Cause you're asking me to consider something? Plus it's a forum. So I considered it and also asked you not to be a presumptuous jerk (intentionally or otherwise). That's all.