Isn't that the good thing though? I know some people dislike the negativity but as long as it's constructive criticism I think it's valuable. I'll take "I think

Isn't that the good thing though? I know some people dislike the negativity but as long as it's constructive criticism I think it's valuable. I'll take "I think this is a bad idea because of X" over "omg this is so cool!". Of course "I think this is great because of X" is also nice. In this particular case I think the criticism was warranted, even if you try to only consider what was known at the time. "We are a new startup led by an inexperienced yougester and we have a product that does everything better and cheaper than the industry standard but we won't peer review" seems like a huge red flag. The Forbes fluff piece with strange and rather dubious claims regarding the level of skills of the founder adds a second layer of redflagging on top of that.