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I'm going to link this once more because I think it's pertinent - http://dennisforbes.ca/index.php/2013/06/02/hacker-news-isnt-a-support-group/ http://dennisfor

I'm going to link this once more because I think it's pertinent - http://dennisforbes.ca/index.php/2013/06/02/hacker-news-isnt-a-support-group/ http://dennisforbes.ca/index.php/2013/06/02/hacker-news-isnt... And once again a post that is deeply dismissive of HN (basically "don't listen to anything but hurrah's, and they're all cheap bastards anyways". Well if you're going to butter us up first...), posted to HN. There are a growing contingent of "positivity-only" champions who seem to misunderstand the point of Show HNs. Is this some sort of generational thing? Some sort of side-effect of the positive-feedback experiment?

Pxtl 13y ago
Yeah, I don't get the "positivity only" thing. Obviously criticism should be polite and friendly and encouraging of the good parts, but you see a problem and you're being asked for feedback, you should say it. I mean, has anybody ever been to an artist critique at an educational institution? artists. Seriously, the group of people with the worst reputation for being wishy-washy and aimless? They're freaking merciless in critique, and this is accepted as normal, because it's understood that this is healthy for your craft.