Please rephrase my question in an HN appropriate way. I'm curious about how you can make "what kind of talent" and "cronyism" less nasty. Here's my attempt: "

Please rephrase my question in an HN appropriate way. I'm curious about how you can make "what kind of talent" and "cronyism" less nasty. Here's my attempt: "Why did Ito get this job? His Wikipedia page makes it seems like connections rather than skill was important." IMO this latter attempt is boring and will lead to decreased engagement on HN over time compared with my more provocative original comment.