FYI, Altman made a post (April '15) re: HN conduct policy, encouraging folks to "Avoid gratuitous negativity."[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9317

FYI, Altman made a post (April '15) re: HN conduct policy, encouraging folks to "Avoid gratuitous negativity."[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9317916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9317916 Just doing a quick pass over the examples you provided, I don't think any of them impart negativity, let alone gratuitous negativity. If anything, I'm seeing constructive feedback. edit: Wait, in your example, are you sure that it was the actual creator that linked the software? If so, he should've used the Show HN feature, which Altman addresses -- along with YOUR concerns -- in [1] above.