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> It's these type of posts that make it to the top of a thread that make me not want to check into HN. Posts that provide insightful explanation about the stor

> It's these type of posts that make it to the top of a thread that make me not want to check into HN. Posts that provide insightful explanation about the story? Yes, less of that and more unqualified positive gushing, please. There is nothing wrong with offering an informed opinion, even if (especially if) it's not in full alignment with the prevailing attitude of the hivemind.

ryguytilidie 13y ago
Man, I'm really not sure that you could have missed his point any more. How could you read what he wrote and POSSIBLY think he was arguing that we need "more unqualified gushing"? You pretty much just made up a strawman and beat the bejesus out of it for no reason... I'll be the first to call out unqualified gushing, but if that's what we're calling a factual account of a company paying back a loan I simply have to disagree with you.
- BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
  > It's these type of posts that make it to the top of a thread that make me not want to check into HN. > Can't we celebrate a company, that was called out as a bad stimulus target during the presidential debates actually paying back all their loans ahead of time? If there was one place I hoped I could go to celebrate an innovative company's success, it would be HN. It's right there in black in white: "I don't like that we have posts that aren't strictly celebratory in nature" (at least about Tesla). For the record, I'm most definitely a fan of Tesla and have utmost respect for the company, but that didn't stop me from appreciating the critical view of this story that was offered by noname123 (in which I learned some things I didn't know about).
  - dasil003 13y ago
    Wait a minute did you just make up a quote out of thin air and misattribute it to someone else saying "it's right there in black [and] white"?
    - iancarroll 13y ago
      I don't see the quote anywhere, either.
    - Ntrails 13y ago
      No, he is responding to the initial branch. The quote is there in black and white
    - BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
      The quote was at the start of my comment, after which I offered a way of reiterating it.
rossjudson 13y ago
This particular "informed opinion" contained nothing other than a repetition of the facts already present in the press release, packaged together with a little disdain-flavored "commentary".

ryguytilidie 13y ago

Man, I'm really not sure that you could have missed his point any more. How could you read what he wrote and POSSIBLY think he was arguing that we need "more unqualified gushing"? You pretty much just made up a strawman and beat the bejesus out of it for no reason... I'll be the first to call out unqualified gushing, but if that's what we're calling a factual account of a company paying back a loan I simply have to disagree with you.

BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
> It's these type of posts that make it to the top of a thread that make me not want to check into HN. > Can't we celebrate a company, that was called out as a bad stimulus target during the presidential debates actually paying back all their loans ahead of time? If there was one place I hoped I could go to celebrate an innovative company's success, it would be HN. It's right there in black in white: "I don't like that we have posts that aren't strictly celebratory in nature" (at least about Tesla). For the record, I'm most definitely a fan of Tesla and have utmost respect for the company, but that didn't stop me from appreciating the critical view of this story that was offered by noname123 (in which I learned some things I didn't know about).
- dasil003 13y ago
  Wait a minute did you just make up a quote out of thin air and misattribute it to someone else saying "it's right there in black [and] white"?
  - iancarroll 13y ago
    I don't see the quote anywhere, either.
  - Ntrails 13y ago
    No, he is responding to the initial branch. The quote is there in black and white
  - BHSPitMonkey 13y ago
    The quote was at the start of my comment, after which I offered a way of reiterating it.

rossjudson 13y ago

This particular "informed opinion" contained nothing other than a repetition of the facts already present in the press release, packaged together with a little disdain-flavored "commentary".