>Why is it that most posts about a new product or project some people have put together is usually greeted with skepticism and negativity in HN comments? What i

>Why is it that most posts about a new product or project some people have put together is usually greeted with skepticism and negativity in HN comments? What is that all about? It makes perfect sense why these things are greeted with skepticism. Because Most things in the world don't succeed. Most things fail. Thus when you see things treated with negativity and skepticism that is MORE likely to be inline with the actual reality. Thus if HN is actually more negative then normal, then that means HN users have a more realistic view of reality. >Most replies are either about lack of evidence or someone’s alternative preference. I see that latter one a good deal. Why is the latter a good deal if it isn't true? If 99.999% of the world doesn't have this alternative preference it's biased to even bring it up. There's no need to be personally insulting but if you think something is genuinely bad then i think it's perfectly ok to just say what you think. When someone asks for praise, or when someone asks for positivity in a way they are by probability more likely to be asking for fake opinions and white lies. I don't come to HN for that kind of thing. But I will say that Dang (the moderator) loves this kind thing; and the moderation culture he promotes is more inline with your attitude. If you see a negative post, you can flag it, and he will take a side.