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"well intentioned" That's the problem. I'm not sure how a reasonable person can read the outright venom displayed in comment after comment all over the intern

"well intentioned" That's the problem. I'm not sure how a reasonable person can read the outright venom displayed in comment after comment all over the internet and then with a straight face say that it is somehow well intentioned. I don't know why so many people hate anything different that threatens the status quo. I guess it's just human nature. The phenomenon seems to manifest itself particularly in the consumer tech space though. The incumbents get praise heaped on them for doing little more than tweaking and renaming their e-mail service but let a group of people throw some pocket change at a video game console that isn't backed by a multi-billion dollar corporation and all hell breaks loose. I hope the Ouya succeeds if for no other reason than for the haters to have to wipe the egg from their faces. But who am I kidding? They'll just find some other underdog to kick.

dmix 14y ago
As an entrepenuer, I'd LOVE to have people complaining about my idea. For various reasons: 1) The idea hasnt come to fruition yet, so it can be shaped and molded with feedback. (unlike color or cuil which both hard-launched with a full product and strategy and no sense of reality) 2) People are talking about your company. peroid. Building something that noone cares about or only gets the odd "thats cool" is way worse than having pages of critiscm. 3) Knowledgable people are spending their time analyzing every part of your business. For free. Once you get past the sensitivity to rejection/bad feedback which all entrepreneurs do in the first year, its not such a bad thing. Although obviously not a goal one should strive for.