Pretty disappointed by the assessment by the HN crowd. I find it interesting how strong cynicism has crept into our social ideology. It's almost like a social

Pretty disappointed by the assessment by the HN crowd. I find it interesting how strong cynicism has crept into our social ideology. It's almost like a social darwinian requirement nowadays. You can't be happy about an interesting situation because it is, at some level, linked to some sort of marketing directed towards you. At least that's the perception, thanks to the Internet. And thus, you are angry. Rawr. Upset that _you_ are the victim of some kind of marketing stunt. Travesty! So an interesting and unique deed--whether the person was truly deserving because of some arbitrary, subjective parameters placed on the recipient--is thrown the curb because the cynical perception is since it's talked about, it's marketing, and therefore it needs to be discredited. Bravo, HN community. Bravo! But I don't blame you. I just blame the social media tools on the Internet that half of us are building.