Ask HN: Why has the comment section become so pessimistic?

Post by errantmind » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:40 PM UTC

atoav wrote: post #5

errantmind wrote: post #2

It is easier to criticise than actually do anything constructive.

There are some things that are often even easier than that: 1. not criticizing and not doing anything constructive 2. criticizing while doing something destructive, e.g. like framing every criticism in opposition to doing something constructive, as if the peole who are constructive cannot criticise and those who criticise cannot be constructive. I would not be able to tell at a glance whether someone critical is doin…

Post by alexvoda » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

bell-cot wrote: post #3

Partly, what you're noticing is a reaction to the vast quantity of baloney that the tech industry generates. (Which baloney might be interesting to taxonomize into techno-utopianism, marketing hype, DilbertCo PHBism, ...) Partly, it's because HN's stereotypical user is an engineer. Engineers are supposed to tend critical / cynical / pessimistic - otherwise stuff just doesn't work, and Sales gets away with pre-selling…