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geez, what is up with this spate of snide/cynical posts about PG and/or YC? it's not necessary the content. I mean, I love almost all of what PG says in his e
by elangoc 15y ago
geez, what is up with this spate of snide/cynical posts about PG and/or YC? it's not necessary the content. I mean, I love almost all of what PG says in his essays, but there are at times genuine questions and doubts (e.g., I've heard schlep as a verb more than a noun). Sometimes, these questions of a larger, fundamental discussion (e.g., copyrights & property). questioning is fine, and is necessary in order to attain greater understanding.
what I'm getting annoyed at is the tone I'm sensing -- it's sometimes downright sneering. i know it's been brought up very recently as well, and PG has said it's been happening gradually as the site has grown. i've read the essay on trolls, but this seems like it's something different. jealousy is also something that increases as a function of success, and when jealousy crosses a threshold, it morphs into resentment. just sayin'...
- philwelch 15y agoI believe the word for these people is "haters". The proverbial explanation is "haters gotta hate"--I'm yet to find a better explanation.
- goodcanadian 15y agoI am not trying to invoke Godwin's Law, but in the 1930s, somehow millions of Germans were convinced that Hitler was a good idea. In retrospect, he clearly wasn't. Whenever a lot of people start getting really excited by someone or something, I think that there is a certain subset of people, myself included, that react by getting overly skeptical, by looking for the problems. Personally, I try to be thoughtful and present any negatives I find in a polite and well reasoned manner, but I am sure that there are others who simply have a knee-jerk reaction of the sort: "I can't believe you're drinking the Kool-Aid, you idiot."