The loudest voices on HN are the ones most eager to show how “smart” they are. They do that by putting down other people’s work. See also “middlebrow dismissal.

The loudest voices on HN are the ones most eager to show how “smart” they are. They do that by putting down other people’s work. See also “middlebrow dismissal.” I’ve had a few articles of mine show up on the front page. They were interesting enough to get a bunch of upvotes, but the people who take the time to comment overwhelmingly 1) didn’t read the article; 2) have a shallow understanding of the topic; and 3) loudly proclaim how bad the idea is / how easily it can be solved with some misconceived alternative. In short: yeah, in aggregate, HN commenters suck. Including me, I suppose.