phil
@phil
What happened to HN? Not snarky; serious question. If one of the most interesting sites on the web can fall victim to widespread cynicism and pessimism, how can we avoid the same thing happening here in the future? See also: Reddit. https://i.imgur.com/83bOv7K.png
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
HN has always been notorious for believing they’re special geniuses & all else ahead of the game are somehow wrong & on the precipice of failure. It’s easy to sound smart by being a critic & tearing others down, hard to build against headwinds & succeed so their nature of criticality is sustained by occasional fail
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Michael Pfister
@pfista
I feel like my default mode is “why won’t this work” or “why is this hard” instead of “how could this work”. Have to be intentional to stay in that positive headspace.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
And it's reasonable to have those thoughts – thoughtful questioning and skepticism _is_ valuable. What I see on HN in threads like from OP is less about curiosity/skepticism and more about "nobody will ever use this/the underlying premise will fail" (Coinbase's "Looking for a cofounder" thread, "Show HN: Dropbox")
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