Your first comment didn't say anything about having a personal connection or any first-hand knowledge of the situation, so it was reasonable for people to consi

Your first comment didn't say anything about having a personal connection or any first-hand knowledge of the situation, so it was reasonable for people to consider the comment as empty, insensitive speculation. There are valid grounds for wishing that HN was better than it is, but this case doesn't epitomise anything that is fundamentally wrong with HN; you could have done better in your initial comment, and then done better than to use it as an opportunity to take a swipe at the entire community. For HN to be better, it relies on all of us to do our bit to make it better.