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> I think the primary reason that people here are so negative about it is that they personally aren't living authentically, that is to say true to themselves. I
by sker 13y ago
> I think the primary reason that people here are so negative about it is that they personally aren't living authentically, that is to say true to themselves. If you're not living authentically yourself, an encounter with authenticity in someone else will bring up bad feelings, and so the default response will be to come up with all sorts of reasons to shame the other person.
Not really. I didn't read as far to get to the part about authenticity. It's just not the kind of content I expect to find at the top of Hacker News. Many others probably feel the same way.
And please don't bring up the guideline about what is appropriate content for this site. That guideline can be used to encompass pretty much anything.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoOk, but there's another guideline: > Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
- 001sky 13y agoJust curious, but what were you expecting when you clicked the link? Surely it wasn't going to be a technical piece?
- sker 13y agoI wasn't expecting anything specific, I clicked it because it was at the top. There have been many "Why I left [Big Corp]" in the past, subconsciously I was expecting something like that, or at least not a motivational speech.
- beatgammit 13y agoI honestly hoped it was something about leaving Google as a customer. For example, in the past week, there was an article about Google stating that email stored on Google's servers isn't "private". I hoped there would be other, relatively technical, reasons behind a "break-up" with Google. That's why I clicked the link. I still think it belongs on HN because it's something readers here would probably be interested in (not me though).