Well, yeah, that was kinda the point. But also kinda not? The motivation you're reading into it is incorrect. (And rather un-HN for that matter. Both assuming bad faith and the whole.. uh.. reddit-ness.)

My point is that the linked blogpost is a poor representation of the work they did. And that is bad, because they've shared it themselves. So it makes sense to tell them that it might be a good idea to next time show more of their actual work and less of the stuff everyone else that just bought the machine could've done.

That is negative feedback, yes, but it is not negative to punch down on them, but, ideally, to lift them up. Anyway.

> it is not negative to punch down on them, but, ideally, to lift them u

I think some thought is needed on phrasing of your initial comment in this light. It very much comes across as punching down - it's not phrased as "this is cool, but it would be better with A and B", but rather it comes off very dismissively as "this post doesn't have any real value"

No, that's the point.

The spirit of this platform is different. You're wanting it to behave like other social media, where one has to soften everything and constantly glue on all the context one could possibly need just to feel emotionally safe.

Which is why those platforms do not get any useful conversation done, because it is incredibly exhausting.

Please stop trying to terraform this last bastion where capable people can have high-bandwidth interactions down to baseline Internet mediocrity.

You can use literally everything else to get the space that you want. We who don't can only use this.

There's nothing low-bandwidth about delivering feedback kindly. Being an asshole isn't some badge of tech-nerd honour.

Now you've just insulted me.