[dang]

What was incorrect (to use your word) in your posts in this thread was your misalignment with the intended spirit of the site. You responded with generic/shallow objections to someone's creative work. That's one of the failure modes of internet discussion, which is why both the HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the Show HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) ask commenters not to do this.

It's true that the repliers crossed into the red as well, but fundamentally that's a healthy immune response going a little too far.

[yodon]

dang - thanks for being the incredible mod that you are. Genuinely hoping you one day write a book or give a talk on effective communication. Your words, even when they amount to "dude, you screwed up", are always informative and inspiring.

[dang]

Thanks for the kind reply! I'm always surprised when people react so nicely to one of those. It lands, and I appreciate it.