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I think the HN rule for "curmudgeonly" applies.

> Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I think HN should be a place where I am excited to see what others have to add. When I see a post I am excited to see what takes and spins others have on it. I do want real criticism and a lively debate about important things, but there has to be a balance.

I want to see other comments that seem like they genuinely want to help steer something or build people up. Sometimes I get the impression that's not happening on HN.



Discussing the privacy implications of a big box that says "drag files to me!" is thoughtful criticism.

I would get the point if this was someone's personal Show HN project but this is Cloudflare. They can withstand a little critique.


There needs to be another rule against being a techno-sycophant.


I think I might agree, but just so we're clear: what exactly is a "techno-sycophant"?


To the curmudgeon, its techno-sycophancy to say the wheel is a pretty good thing.

It’s just another take on shill / sheeple / etc. it gets old.


And to the sycophant, pointing out real and obvious drawbacks is being a curmudgeon.


In such situations, the golden mean is a useful lens.


The golden mean is only a useful lens if all sides are equally prepared to take up extremist positions. If some people are taking up considerate or even reasonable positions but others take up the absolute, the golden mean will always skew towards the unreasonable.


Mortal combat is the only way to resolve this.




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