[kirillzubovsky]

Ben, you're spot on. I shouldn't be responding like that.

As I explained to Nicole (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4262188), I saw the original comment as an offense on the quality of Scoutzie-listed designers and I take any such offense very personally. We spend a lot of time talking to the designers, getting to know them, looking to understand how they work and what they want to get out of their design careers. When I see a negative comment about the site or about our user base , I see it as a negative comment about each one of our users. It hurts me because I see these users as real people, not just user ids.

Now, I can see that 'mnicole' wasn't out to get us, and it was wrong of me to engage in a hostile manner myself.

Unfortunately, as one comments irritates your skin, it's really easy to quickly overreact with others. I will get better at this.

Lastly, thank you for giving the feedback.