I hate to start a meta discussion but there seems to be a lot of karma police trolling around lately who think the downvote button is there to vote down opinion

I hate to start a meta discussion but there seems to be a lot of karma police trolling around lately who think the downvote button is there to vote down opinions they disagree with. I think it's time to raise that karma limit on downvotes again. Anyway, what you said is spot on. It's easy to be an armchair quarterback and quite frankly there's far too many people spewing commentary like "that was stupid because I don't like it" and far less helpful things, believe it or not. Those who can go out and make dumb moves every so often. Those who cannot troll the Internet and criticize while trying to make themselves feel important. I can't characterize all critics this way but there are enough out there to warrant my disdain. But I thought this whole post was a perfect opportunity for you to bring up what you said about startups. We really should be out there taking huge risks because the stakes may seem high but they're actually not in a way. I myself have gone out on a limb and experimented with my business. I'm small enough to do it and I sure as hell pissed off a few customers because of it. But in the end the risk was worth it because while I lose a few fans I ended up attracting more and was able to charge more money in the process. It allowed me to grow. I'm still small enough to take some risks and boy am I doing it. Your point is exactly what the guys at 37Signals talk about all the time. It's in their book. It's the advantage to being small and young.