I agree with these comments in support of the original comment. It was, in my opinion, informative. Which is -- to put it in the context of the current appare

I agree with these comments in support of the original comment. It was, in my opinion, informative. Which is -- to put it in the context of the current apparent meta-discussion about HN's role that I seem to see scattered about the site -- where HN started out. It was a much smaller community, then. And it was, perhaps more so than today, supportive -- genuinely supportive. But it was about information. And support was not about obligatory glad-handing or pats on the back. Some of it could be fairly critical, at times. Informatively critical and in the interest of improvement, for the target of criticism and for the community at large. "Constructive" criticism, I guess. Not that I perceived the comment that started this sub-thread as being critical. (Except perhaps -- if one chose to take it that way -- of what might be a hyped news headline. Not the student.) I really appreciate the context that comment provides. If I'd known that when I was a student, maybe I would have had another interesting thing to try out.