> i keep being optimistic but you people make me so sad This is so very true. I am not a hippy, but I can't immediately thing of a better phrase than the imme

> i keep being optimistic but you people make me so sad This is so very true. I am not a hippy, but I can't immediately thing of a better phrase than the immense toxic "negative energy" of HN comments. And yet, when I say this to people outside of HN, they tend to react with astonishment. "But it's my favourite place online! I love it! I learn so much!" etc. I don't think the site even realises, but its negative responses to this (deeply unwise and ill-considered) "Ask HN" question changed the direction of what was the most innovative company in the Linux space: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002821