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Between this thread and the Dustin Curtis mob lyching, I think the larger problem is that of tone, and not of content. It's fine to provide constructive critic
by rantfoil 17y ago
Between this thread and the Dustin Curtis mob lyching, I think the larger problem is that of tone, and not of content.
It's fine to provide constructive criticism, but these threads are not constructive. They're wholesale character assassination and haughty dismissal of entire business strategies.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoThis isn't going to make me very popular, but I think you have a key point here. This is a "your baby is ugly" situation. Sometimes the baby is ugly. Don't mean it won't turn out to cure cancer, don't mean it ain't a great thing, just it ain't hitting on much with us so far. In these situations quite naturally the parents have tendency to be overly-touchy. Internet posters, and this group especially, have a tendency to be arrogant jerks (myself included). I'll just say it: some folks need to get a thicker skin. Some others learn to be more democratic. Lots of blame to go around everywhere. Internet text, whether posting, email, tweets, or whatever, is just really tough to do well. But for this board to work like it is supposed to -- providing help and assistance to startups -- it's critical to be able to provide negative feedback, even if we screw it up from time to time.
- pg 17y agoThis isn't "your baby is ugly." This is "your caterpillar is ugly."