a simply "how" & "why" at HN will be deemed as "snarky" easily? I wonder "how" and "why" a lot and thought it's a quick way to start a constructive(provocative,

a simply "how" & "why" at HN will be deemed as "snarky" easily? I wonder "how" and "why" a lot and thought it's a quick way to start a constructive(provocative, but not negative) discussion, not sure why some of readers here are so easily got offended and started to down-vote, well I'm used to it nowadays.