"If you have something positive to say, it's often vapid or redundant" ... it doesn't have to be. I have a singer friend who works on a huge variety of project

"If you have something positive to say, it's often vapid or redundant" ... it doesn't have to be. I have a singer friend who works on a huge variety of projects, some "good", some "bad", but there is always something positive to say about the "bad" ones. That's the purpose of positive criticism, and - for what it's worth - that's exactly what comes across when you watch PG do something like office hours at Disrupt. I do generally agree however that there does appear to be a lot of negative comments from time to time, but my impression is that when the world turns so that HN is in Europe time, there is a bit more.