Fair enough. The comments here bring up some excellent points; my background in journalism probably colored my perspective a bit. Also, I appreciate your rephra

Fair enough. The comments here bring up some excellent points; my background in journalism probably colored my perspective a bit. Also, I appreciate your rephrasing your original comment, much better :) I noticed your account is fairly new, if you haven't seen the guidelines for HN yet, I suggest checking them out here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Welcome to HN!