I have to say the Hacker News in general is a much positive place, where you got real good and honest feedback, from semi-anon users (some are known, many are not). And usually the topics are intellectually stimulating.
But I have to say that a lot of nastiness can come from people that are frustrated with the current coverage in the tech media, where a lot of good technologies/projects/inovative startups are being ignored, and few people are taking the limelight.
I even know about Julia Allison , but really what has she done? Except for being a great self promoter? What about Loc Le Meur startup, which is really nothing inovating.
Why so few people are taking the limelight, while really good things are getting ignored? The ratio of noise to signal in the blogosphere/tech startup media is really high.
I guess a lot of people express this kind of frustration against these self-promoters, and not media itself.
It is like being annoyed at Britney Spears when the front page of CNN has a story about Britney Spears, while medicare reform is somewhere in the bottom.
Really, people should be frustrated at CNN, by ignoring it.
That's why I like HN, as it is a breath of fresh air, comparing to other sites.
(ps. we still have some shameless self promoters here, with github being one of them. We get it, git is awesome, but here are a lot of other technologies that get ignored, (HG one of them. Disproportionate coverage of something, in expense to something else just as useful, is just noise and doesn't help the community).
But I have to say that a lot of nastiness can come from people that are frustrated with the current coverage in the tech media, where a lot of good technologies/projects/inovative startups are being ignored.
Sounds like an opportunity for another media startup to promote ignored projects.
we still have some shameless self promoters here
So promote HG: post articles about it, etc. The good stuff will rise to the top.
We could, of course, start accounting for the fact that communication skills are as important as engineering skills when it comes to making a successful business... thereby taking responsibility for our own perceived problems and eliminating the frustration.
But I have to say that a lot of nastiness can come from people that are frustrated with the current coverage in the tech media, where a lot of good technologies/projects/inovative startups are being ignored, and few people are taking the limelight. I even know about Julia Allison , but really what has she done? Except for being a great self promoter? What about Loc Le Meur startup, which is really nothing inovating. Why so few people are taking the limelight, while really good things are getting ignored? The ratio of noise to signal in the blogosphere/tech startup media is really high.
I guess a lot of people express this kind of frustration against these self-promoters, and not media itself.
It is like being annoyed at Britney Spears when the front page of CNN has a story about Britney Spears, while medicare reform is somewhere in the bottom.
Really, people should be frustrated at CNN, by ignoring it.
That's why I like HN, as it is a breath of fresh air, comparing to other sites.
(ps. we still have some shameless self promoters here, with github being one of them. We get it, git is awesome, but here are a lot of other technologies that get ignored, (HG one of them. Disproportionate coverage of something, in expense to something else just as useful, is just noise and doesn't help the community).