Never really noticed posts about people getting fired and complaining. My impression is that the HN audience is generally pretty strict on work behavior. "Oh,

Never really noticed posts about people getting fired and complaining. My impression is that the HN audience is generally pretty strict on work behavior. "Oh, you slightly smiled when everyone else did not? Not appropriate, we are a serious and professional enterprise, you should be fired and restricted to ever work in this industry again." That said, claiming the audience is or does something specific is probably always a large generalization. "your Show HN really isn't that impressive" On that I do agree. The criticism is often very direct. There is a certain aspiration that product or solution x must be either the best or it doesn't deserve to exist at all. On the other hand such criticism can still be valuable if it is still received as hinting to stuff that can improve.