You're not "being overly negative" or being "a skeptical sort". You are launching an ad-hominem attack; you are attempting (knowingly or not) to character assas

You're not "being overly negative" or being "a skeptical sort". You are launching an ad-hominem attack; you are attempting (knowingly or not) to character assassinate patio11 without any basis in fact. Just because you think there is a lot of bullshit paraded as fact on HN, does not give you a license to do so without people calling you out on it or down voting you - even if you hide behind the "hopefully people aren't uncivilized enough to just down vote here".