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Apart from the fact that I think (as far as the comments that are on now) you are exaggerating quite a bit with "BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE CHARTS!!!", I also think th
by icoder 13y ago
Apart from the fact that I think (as far as the comments that are on now) you are exaggerating quite a bit with "BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE CHARTS!!!", I also think there's no need to suggest that there's anything 'wrong' with those people.
There's the downvote button if something is really not fruitful for discussion (remember though discussion is - to a respectful extent - often enriched when people differ in their views and opinions on a subject).
I don't see why every thread on HN needs a top level comment that meta-discourages criticism.
- goshx 13y agoI still don't have the down vote option :( And the reason why I point these critics out is that they are simply not reasonable if you know what is happening there. Perhaps having a top level comment like this may actually encourage them to think twice or try to learn before commenting? But you know, maybe this is just a mirror to what happens almost daily in companies where there are non-technical people making decisions. Imagine this "excel-like app" being presented by the author to his boss, a non-technical person, as something extra that he built and is all excited about. There is a good chance that his boss will make the bad comments that it is lacking a lot of features. That is probably why these people make such comments: they don't have a clue of what is going on.