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So sad, pretty much all the comments in this thread are "it would be better if ...", "I think that ...", "I don't think that ..." Well, this is your chance the

So sad, pretty much all the comments in this thread are "it would be better if ...", "I think that ...", "I don't think that ..." Well, this is your chance then, buy a domain name and set up your website, shows us how much better you can do it, or, you know, just shut up. I personally found the site amusing and interesting, I'd love to come back and check the statistics once a lot of people have gone through it and the sample size becomes significant. Props to the authors for developing their idea and delivering it to the world in such a simple way that I only had to click a few times to play with it, for free :D.

geniium 5y ago
43% of the people here thought the same, that negative criticism should not be shared here. There is always room for feedback, but please make it constructive.
- vladmk 5y ago
  100% of me disagrees with you, it was constructive he just wasn’t nice about it, there’s a difference.
purplecats 5y ago
"I don't think that" just because someone has an opinion that varies with that of the author, that they necessarily should try to outdo them.
- andrewzah 5y ago
  I think what parent is getting at is that criticism and nitpicking take no effort. Obviously that's not to say nothing should be criticized. There's a similar, ruder, expression in fashion communities: talk shit, post fit.
  - eyelidlessness 5y ago
    > criticism and nitpicking take no effort Sort of unrelated aside. I recently started working with a new company and team, in a new ecosystem. I’ve found it difficult to ramp up and get productive. But the thing I’ve found most difficult is getting familiar enough to provide meaningful review. It can take me hours of exploration to fully understand what might intersect with single line code changes. Often I’ve come back with a minor change request, even simply for clarity. Where it relates is obviously these things are critique, but even picking nits has been hard. Not that I’m even predisposed to do so, but I’m trying to get familiar and provide value. It turns out that effort has indeed provided value, I’ve caught mistakes just by being thorough and leaving as few stones unturned as possible. And it’s reinforced to me that criticism and nitpicking take a lot more effort than might be obvious. Sometimes it’s quickly available based on experience, but even then that’s based on prior effort. I’m not saying it’s always welcome or appropriate. But it’s surprising to me to hear people seemingly reflexively say it’s easy. A whole discipline (QA) is dedicated to it, and integrated disciplines (TDD, property testing) are still suspect for many. Again, not saying it’s welcome or appropriate here to criticize or nitpick. I’m holding my tongue on several bits of feedback I wanted to say upon using the thing. But I think it’s a disservice to both the effort and value of critique to frame it as effortless and implicitly valueless.
nomorewords 5y ago
While I do disagree with the chosen wording (using 'a cool new feature would be to...' sounds a bit more friendly, if you will) I don't think that anything is said in bad faith. This is a passion project for the creator and he most likely wants to improve it. He should still follow his vision of what he wants this website to be, but that doesn't take away anything from the suggestive comments posted here.
dang 5y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22contrarian%20dynamic%22%20objection%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- moralestapia 5y ago
  Whoa, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out.
  - dang 5y ago
    You're welcome! thanks for taking a look :) (Your GP comment was the top subthread when I posted that, which is what made me think of it.)
BlackFly 5y ago
That is a very common but misguided attitude towards criticism. It is fairly easy to determine you dislike something without necessarily knowing how it could be improved. Knowing how much people dislike something is useful information in regards to that thing. Maybe the author doesn't care, kudos to them in that case. There is nothing wrong with creating something which strongly divides people into love/hate categories. In any case, it is presented here for an audience and the audience can choose to respond as they see fit, they do not need to acquiesce to something distasteful to them. From a cusiosity perspective, the aversion some people (including me) seem to have towards it makes me more curious if it suffers a strong selection bias. I tried a couple of questions but couldn't actually answer a single one. I was simply incapable of formulating an opinion on the question posed. I was even incapable of choosing one of the options simple to progress. That was what I found most amusing in it: my inability to answer a seemingly easy question.

geniium 5y ago

43% of the people here thought the same, that negative criticism should not be shared here. There is always room for feedback, but please make it constructive.

vladmk 5y ago
100% of me disagrees with you, it was constructive he just wasn’t nice about it, there’s a difference.

purplecats 5y ago

"I don't think that" just because someone has an opinion that varies with that of the author, that they necessarily should try to outdo them.

andrewzah 5y ago
I think what parent is getting at is that criticism and nitpicking take no effort. Obviously that's not to say nothing should be criticized. There's a similar, ruder, expression in fashion communities: talk shit, post fit.
- eyelidlessness 5y ago
  > criticism and nitpicking take no effort Sort of unrelated aside. I recently started working with a new company and team, in a new ecosystem. I’ve found it difficult to ramp up and get productive. But the thing I’ve found most difficult is getting familiar enough to provide meaningful review. It can take me hours of exploration to fully understand what might intersect with single line code changes. Often I’ve come back with a minor change request, even simply for clarity. Where it relates is obviously these things are critique, but even picking nits has been hard. Not that I’m even predisposed to do so, but I’m trying to get familiar and provide value. It turns out that effort has indeed provided value, I’ve caught mistakes just by being thorough and leaving as few stones unturned as possible. And it’s reinforced to me that criticism and nitpicking take a lot more effort than might be obvious. Sometimes it’s quickly available based on experience, but even then that’s based on prior effort. I’m not saying it’s always welcome or appropriate. But it’s surprising to me to hear people seemingly reflexively say it’s easy. A whole discipline (QA) is dedicated to it, and integrated disciplines (TDD, property testing) are still suspect for many. Again, not saying it’s welcome or appropriate here to criticize or nitpick. I’m holding my tongue on several bits of feedback I wanted to say upon using the thing. But I think it’s a disservice to both the effort and value of critique to frame it as effortless and implicitly valueless.

nomorewords 5y ago

While I do disagree with the chosen wording (using 'a cool new feature would be to...' sounds a bit more friendly, if you will) I don't think that anything is said in bad faith. This is a passion project for the creator and he most likely wants to improve it. He should still follow his vision of what he wants this website to be, but that doesn't take away anything from the suggestive comments posted here.

dang 5y ago

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22contrarian%20dynamic%22%20objection%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

moralestapia 5y ago
Whoa, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out.
- dang 5y ago
  You're welcome! thanks for taking a look :) (Your GP comment was the top subthread when I posted that, which is what made me think of it.)

BlackFly 5y ago

That is a very common but misguided attitude towards criticism. It is fairly easy to determine you dislike something without necessarily knowing how it could be improved. Knowing how much people dislike something is useful information in regards to that thing. Maybe the author doesn't care, kudos to them in that case. There is nothing wrong with creating something which strongly divides people into love/hate categories. In any case, it is presented here for an audience and the audience can choose to respond as they see fit, they do not need to acquiesce to something distasteful to them. From a cusiosity perspective, the aversion some people (including me) seem to have towards it makes me more curious if it suffers a strong selection bias. I tried a couple of questions but couldn't actually answer a single one. I was simply incapable of formulating an opinion on the question posed. I was even incapable of choosing one of the options simple to progress. That was what I found most amusing in it: my inability to answer a seemingly easy question.