I’ve never really understood what variations of the rejoinder “you are not the target user” are intended to accomplish, at least in conversations like this. It

I’ve never really understood what variations of the rejoinder “you are not the target user” are intended to accomplish, at least in conversations like this. It's simply a reminder that when you work at scale you can't please everyone. Someone complaining that a feature doesn't work for them is not the same as saying it doesn't work. On a site like HN the conversation is usually about the broader picture rather than individual complaints unless someone is responding directly to the CEO of a company. I think the CEO of Spotify posts here occasionally, so maybe he'll reply. The rest of us are talking about it in more general terms.