Like I said, artistic license taken with the caricature. Hyperbole is the soul of wit, etc.
The benefit of HN over other similar sites that shall remain nameless is a very high signal-to-noise ratio - the community tends to have interesting, meaningful, detailed conversations about specific topics. Your post was precisely the opposite of that, and it's a perfect example of this community's biggest problem, one which those of us who enjoy the community here try to combat: a pervading, cynical, nitpicking negativity, often about things completely tangential to the actual topic of discussion, that adds nothing to the conversation and serves only as a way to smugly imply how much smarter/more cultured/less douchey (the irony!) than whoever put together the link.
That's noise, not signal. It contributes nothing. Feel free to make your snide comments to yourself, but please don't bring down the quality of discussion here by using this forum to show off your nitpicking skill. If you don't feel like reading the article, then don't take over the conversation about the article with your reasons for not reading it.
I apologize for my overly heated language in my initial - I don't have anything against you personally, and my caricature was more harsh than deserved.
Let's get one thing straight: I'll comment when I please and on whatever article I please, and there's nothing that you can do about it. Do I make myself clear?
Now, having said that, I did take a closer look at Watsi, and decided to be their 109th monthly donor. Of course, I'm just another well-to-do Western asshole, so I'm sure you'll downvote this post, too.
I don't think the grandparent was asking you to stay within a time or quantity constraint. His/her point was about the quality of your comment, which this forum has pretty hard-defined guidelines for [1].
I think you made a valid point in your first comment here (and I thought your feedback was valuable), but you added some unnecessary rudeness. Imagine if you met Grace at a party and she excitedly tells you what she does. Then she whips out her phone and shows you the posted page. You catch the issue you pointed out (which in my mind is a legitimate point of concern), how would you bring it to her attention? If you imagine that scenario and compare it to your original comment then it might make more sense. At least that is how I try to think about it. I hope you find it helpful and thanks for adding yourself to the list of monthly donors [2].
The benefit of HN over other similar sites that shall remain nameless is a very high signal-to-noise ratio - the community tends to have interesting, meaningful, detailed conversations about specific topics. Your post was precisely the opposite of that, and it's a perfect example of this community's biggest problem, one which those of us who enjoy the community here try to combat: a pervading, cynical, nitpicking negativity, often about things completely tangential to the actual topic of discussion, that adds nothing to the conversation and serves only as a way to smugly imply how much smarter/more cultured/less douchey (the irony!) than whoever put together the link.
That's noise, not signal. It contributes nothing. Feel free to make your snide comments to yourself, but please don't bring down the quality of discussion here by using this forum to show off your nitpicking skill. If you don't feel like reading the article, then don't take over the conversation about the article with your reasons for not reading it.
I apologize for my overly heated language in my initial - I don't have anything against you personally, and my caricature was more harsh than deserved.