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Out of curiosity, would people mind elaborating on the reason for the down votes? If you've looked at the template and there was something you thought to be su

Out of curiosity, would people mind elaborating on the reason for the down votes? If you've looked at the template and there was something you thought to be sub-standard, then I'd love to know what people would do differently. If the down votes were because I made another React template, then, ah, that's somewhat understandable. Although, as I've stated, it was created for our own internal use, and was simply open sourced because we love open source and giving back to the community. Additionally, at the time of creation there absolutely weren't any full-scale open source projects (templates or otherwise) available using Babel 7 and Webpack 4. Actually, Babel 7 is still not officially released yet, so there really aren't many even now. If the down-votes were because you think the comment is unrelated to the source article, well... I don't know precisely how to respond to that critique. However, the article (and this discussion) is regarding the underlying principles of React and the linked project is a practical implementation of React (and the underlying principles). I've specifically added a new root level comment rather than piggy-backing off other unrelated comments, which is unfortunately commonly seen on HN. Is the sharing of related (non-competing) open source projects seen as poor etiquette?

blowski 9y ago
I didn't downvote, but... your comment does feel a bit spammy. If you had something to say about why you feel some part of the original post is unclear, and how your link helps to make it clearer, then it would feel more constructive. As it is, it just feels like "This post is about React, so here's my project that is also about React." So I can see why it's getting downvoted.
- Benjamin_Dobell 9y ago
  > If you had something to say about why you feel some part of the original post is unclear, and how your link helps to make it clearer, then it would feel more constructive. I guess that's fair, however my intention is still very much to be constructive. Instead of critiquing the article, I'm attempting to provide value to the target audience of this article (likely those new to React), in the form of a code-base to get those interested up and running with React. > As it is, it just feels like "This post is about React, so here's my project that is also about React." So I can see why it's getting downvoted. I feel as though saying "Hey, seems as you like X, you may well be interested in some related Y" is actually pretty normal human conversation. I would have thought that it's only spammy if there's some hidden agenda. There's no "premium version" or any such nonsense, the only thing I gain by sharing this is the satisfaction of knowing others may benefit from something I built - which honestly is pretty great! However, I don't think a supportive and constructive community should take offense to that. Additionally, it's pretty normal to see links to related projects on HN. I guess the down-fall here is that templates, whilst incredibly useful to some, are dead boring to those who do not require them. If the linked project were more interesting I'm sure the response would be more favourable.

blowski 9y ago

I didn't downvote, but... your comment does feel a bit spammy. If you had something to say about why you feel some part of the original post is unclear, and how your link helps to make it clearer, then it would feel more constructive. As it is, it just feels like "This post is about React, so here's my project that is also about React." So I can see why it's getting downvoted.

Benjamin_Dobell 9y ago
> If you had something to say about why you feel some part of the original post is unclear, and how your link helps to make it clearer, then it would feel more constructive. I guess that's fair, however my intention is still very much to be constructive. Instead of critiquing the article, I'm attempting to provide value to the target audience of this article (likely those new to React), in the form of a code-base to get those interested up and running with React. > As it is, it just feels like "This post is about React, so here's my project that is also about React." So I can see why it's getting downvoted. I feel as though saying "Hey, seems as you like X, you may well be interested in some related Y" is actually pretty normal human conversation. I would have thought that it's only spammy if there's some hidden agenda. There's no "premium version" or any such nonsense, the only thing I gain by sharing this is the satisfaction of knowing others may benefit from something I built - which honestly is pretty great! However, I don't think a supportive and constructive community should take offense to that. Additionally, it's pretty normal to see links to related projects on HN. I guess the down-fall here is that templates, whilst incredibly useful to some, are dead boring to those who do not require them. If the linked project were more interesting I'm sure the response would be more favourable.