I find this post by Dave Winer a bit hypocritical? The reason he is writing about Hacker News being depressing is because of the comments against his article on

I find this post by Dave Winer a bit hypocritical? The reason he is writing about Hacker News being depressing is because of the comments against his article on Yahoo acquisitions and Marissa Mayer. As he says, he wrote it in 15 mins and I'd probably write something similar - but what he doesn't mention is how depressing that post must have been if Marissa were to read it. He makes a point about abuse being bad - but did he stop to consider that he wasn't being exactly friendly in his post about Marissa? He was publicly discussing a fairly "closed door" meeting he had and extrapolating that into a rant. Basically, if you're going to publicly throw stones, I feel it's fairly expected that someone is going to be throwing stones back your way. There is nothing perfect about Hacker News - but I don't think that Dave Winer is perfect either. Blocking off content is not the solution, however, and I'm not sure what the solution really is. Sticking your head in the sand, perhaps? At any rate, if there is a solution, I'm sure pg and YC will work something out.