Snark isn't mutually exclusive from insightful commentary. All of Silicon Valley has to grapple with incredibly frustrating and oftentimes nonsensical demands f

Snark isn't mutually exclusive from insightful commentary. All of Silicon Valley has to grapple with incredibly frustrating and oftentimes nonsensical demands from every direction. If you're not ironically entertaining ideas like DogTV or XServe, you will lose money hand-over-fist and be taken for a fool. It's part of the startup culture. I'd argue that we see this because the American startup scene is obsessed with moonshots instead of sustainable or smart investments. Much of the motivation for starting a business today comes from the potential to artificially manufacture shock-and-awe, which many technically-inclined users will identify and critique. Personally I find this highly insightful, and suspect that it greatly raises the quality of startups even if the snark damages their valuation.