This was eye opening, and it probably explains one of the reasons I'm so sucked in by Hacker News. I have had a similar problem of being overly critical handic

This was eye opening, and it probably explains one of the reasons I'm so sucked in by Hacker News. I have had a similar problem of being overly critical handicapping me in social situations. It's also hurt me professionally, I lost a big promotion specifically over unnecessarily criticism that I thought was just being logical. Interesting Experiment: Go through your own comment history and see how many upvotes your purely positive comments have, and measure them against your pedantic corrections of others to see what is rewarded on this site.