jacquesm, I respectfully disagree with you. Communication between close friends is obviously different between communication during job interview/business negot

jacquesm, I respectfully disagree with you. Communication between close friends is obviously different between communication during job interview/business negotiation. Sometimes it is the other way around that our real identity is divorced from what we have to present in public. There are different personalities who choose to use different means of communication - I know that preferred mode of communication on HN is to offer advice/encouragement/feedback to others' startups and technical/business career paths etc. like at a real life tech meetup's. But I gravitate the personalities of people's throwaway confessions of their burnouts, private frustrations and rants against the industry that quite often reveal more their personal vulnerabilities (which is universal in the introvert/geek culture) than technical matters (e.g., michaelochurch). Other people might take issue or feel personally outraged or just amused. But I don't use this forum with my real life handle/LinkedIn to build my "network," but as a way to express personal thoughts and get feedback from others relating to similar issues - which a lot of people do as well do (e.g., keeping a personal journal). So I think that's where the mismatched expectations comes from.