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I just don't care any more. this site is not for old startup people to wax anything. I want to start something. I know or know about these stories already. I'm

I just don't care any more. this site is not for old startup people to wax anything. I want to start something. I know or know about these stories already. I'm not excited for this culture to get all pseudo-nostalgic.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
I thought about this comment for a while before I decided to vote up. On the negative is an unwillingness to learn from the previous generation. They've made a lot of mistakes we shouldn't. On the positive is a willingness to say "screw the establishment". We are going down a path that leads to a better place. In the end, I think we need less establishment and more better places. We should recognize where we came from, but not get stuck idolizing it.
- sanswork 14y ago
  It was already light grey when I got here so I neither downvoted or upvoted but my opinion differs from yours. I don't see this post as being about the old establishment but more about how a marketer sold a tech business to the public before it was quite ready for one. There is a lot to be said about ignoring certain old business practises but I'm not sure ignoring very recent(the 90s weren't so long ago!) marketing techniques is one of those areas we should so quickly ignore. The world in relation to the internet is quite different from now but I think this story still holds true in that finding something quirky and original about your business is a great way to sell it to the mainstream.
- jessedhillon 14y ago
  The comment deserves a downvote, if for no other reason than because the last thing HN needs is another person whining about how they want to start a company. A thousand graybeard reminiscences filling the front page never would be as harmful to OP's chances as the fact that he thinks the top story on HN is in any way connected with him starting a company.
blhack 14y ago
Your submissions: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=darushimo http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=darushimo Sorry everybody else isn't doing a better job of building a website custom-tailored to exactly your desire.
daeken 14y ago
The proper solution when you see something you dislike on HN: move on. If you think it simply doesn't belong on HN: flag it. If you want to improve HN: submit something better.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago

I thought about this comment for a while before I decided to vote up. On the negative is an unwillingness to learn from the previous generation. They've made a lot of mistakes we shouldn't. On the positive is a willingness to say "screw the establishment". We are going down a path that leads to a better place. In the end, I think we need less establishment and more better places. We should recognize where we came from, but not get stuck idolizing it.

sanswork 14y ago
It was already light grey when I got here so I neither downvoted or upvoted but my opinion differs from yours. I don't see this post as being about the old establishment but more about how a marketer sold a tech business to the public before it was quite ready for one. There is a lot to be said about ignoring certain old business practises but I'm not sure ignoring very recent(the 90s weren't so long ago!) marketing techniques is one of those areas we should so quickly ignore. The world in relation to the internet is quite different from now but I think this story still holds true in that finding something quirky and original about your business is a great way to sell it to the mainstream.
jessedhillon 14y ago
The comment deserves a downvote, if for no other reason than because the last thing HN needs is another person whining about how they want to start a company. A thousand graybeard reminiscences filling the front page never would be as harmful to OP's chances as the fact that he thinks the top story on HN is in any way connected with him starting a company.

blhack 14y ago

Your submissions: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=darushimo http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=darushimo Sorry everybody else isn't doing a better job of building a website custom-tailored to exactly your desire.

daeken 14y ago

The proper solution when you see something you dislike on HN: move on. If you think it simply doesn't belong on HN: flag it. If you want to improve HN: submit something better.