Starting a startup is about long-term goals. If feedback (positive or negative) can affect this journey, then this is a trace of the status quo and trying to pl

Starting a startup is about long-term goals. If feedback (positive or negative) can affect this journey, then this is a trace of the status quo and trying to please people, which is against the core of starting a startup. The only validation a startup should seek is paying customers or revenue. Everything else is a vanity metric. What HN comments say is irrelevant, whether positive or negative.