I sometimes get mildly annoyed by what I perceive as unnecessarily negative comments on peoples&#x27; hobby projects.<p>The linked article wasn&#x27;t very interesting to me either, for the same reasons as the person I responded to, but I found it unnecessarily negative to call it &quot;wanking.&quot;<p>So I politely reformulated the comment to avoid implying that the author is a wanker, while still getting most of the point across.<p>On a free-for-all forum like reddit, I wouldn&#x27;t mention it. Here, though, there are guidelines that explicitly ask the community to gently remind peers about unnecessary negativity.<p>Since I linked to the guidelines, and you responded with &quot;fuck off,&quot; I inferred that you aren&#x27;t interested in following the forum guidelines, which makes conversation about those guidelines groundless.<p>You don&#x27;t have to help me with my emotions. If your anger problems prevent you from participating according to the guidelines, focus on yourself.