There&#x27;s no way a comment like this can have good effects on HN. People sometimes think it&#x27;s ok to post them if they come from that background themselves (not sure if this is true in your case, of course) but it still won&#x27;t have a good effect. The combination of sweeping generalization with denunciatory language is bound to lead to a flamewar no matter how the chips fall.<p>Things that mitigate this effect are: rolling back the grand generalities, stating things neutrally, and (if relevant) talking about your personal experience and observations. I&#x27;m not sure those things would be enough to take a comment like this out of net-negative territory but they&#x27;d at least shorten its blast radius.<p>We detached this subthread from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11592793" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11592793</a> and marked it off-topic.