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> Gamers are the most entitled consumer group I've ever seen True, but Some open source communities are good candidates for "most entitled consumers". > I've

> Gamers are the most entitled consumer group I've ever seen True, but Some open source communities are good candidates for "most entitled consumers". > I've seen it on HN also I will ever remember the launch of Dropbox here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

jjulius 4y ago
The positive-to-negative comment ratio in that thread is overwhelmingly in favor of positive. A couple of the top-voted posts are more critical, sure, but once you scroll past those it's full of support and inquisitiveness. Edit: Even the person who posted the top-ranked comment, with the more negative tone, ended their follow-up response with, "All of your feedback was well-thought-out and appreciated; I only hope that I was able to give you a sneak preview of some of the potential criticisms you may receive. Best of luck to you!".
- zac23or 4y ago
  > A couple of the top-voted posts are more critical A lot of people have the same critical opinion, only they didn't comment.
  - jjulius 4y ago
    If we're going to assume that people agree with the post, then we should also be assuming that people agreed with OP's general tone, which really doesn't read as negative criticism so much as constructive criticism. Again, OP's second post was basically, "Appreciate your response to my feedback, best of luck!". Heck, if we're looking at "people who agree based on upvotes alone" then "This is genius, because so many people have this problem," is the second highest-voted comment. There's constructive criticism (the Dropbox thread) and unconstructive criticism (the Monkey Island thread).
    - zac23or 4y ago
      The tone here is controlled by the mods. I don't see "hey, your job is super easy" as constructive criticism. I see this as an inability to judge your own knowledge and the efforts of others. But, yes, the tone is super polite.
throwaway2048 4y ago
What does dropbox have to do with "open source communities"
- zac23or 4y ago
  Some open source communities are worse than gamers in some cases.
  - throwaway2048 4y ago
    Dropbox has nothing to do with open source communities, nor is HN an open source community.
    - 0des 4y ago
      How long until they realize they left all this proprietary software open to the public https://github.com/dropbox https://github.com/dropbox

jjulius 4y ago

The positive-to-negative comment ratio in that thread is overwhelmingly in favor of positive. A couple of the top-voted posts are more critical, sure, but once you scroll past those it's full of support and inquisitiveness. Edit: Even the person who posted the top-ranked comment, with the more negative tone, ended their follow-up response with, "All of your feedback was well-thought-out and appreciated; I only hope that I was able to give you a sneak preview of some of the potential criticisms you may receive. Best of luck to you!".

zac23or 4y ago
> A couple of the top-voted posts are more critical A lot of people have the same critical opinion, only they didn't comment.
- jjulius 4y ago
  If we're going to assume that people agree with the post, then we should also be assuming that people agreed with OP's general tone, which really doesn't read as negative criticism so much as constructive criticism. Again, OP's second post was basically, "Appreciate your response to my feedback, best of luck!". Heck, if we're looking at "people who agree based on upvotes alone" then "This is genius, because so many people have this problem," is the second highest-voted comment. There's constructive criticism (the Dropbox thread) and unconstructive criticism (the Monkey Island thread).
  - zac23or 4y ago
    The tone here is controlled by the mods. I don't see "hey, your job is super easy" as constructive criticism. I see this as an inability to judge your own knowledge and the efforts of others. But, yes, the tone is super polite.

throwaway2048 4y ago

What does dropbox have to do with "open source communities"

zac23or 4y ago
Some open source communities are worse than gamers in some cases.
- throwaway2048 4y ago
  Dropbox has nothing to do with open source communities, nor is HN an open source community.
  - 0des 4y ago
    How long until they realize they left all this proprietary software open to the public https://github.com/dropbox https://github.com/dropbox