I think this depends on the demographic and context more than anything. Sometimes a start-up will be posted to HN and it feels like everyone in the comments section has &quot;drank the kool-aid&quot; and othertimes it seems the exact opposite possibly being too critical (though I feel like a healthy mix is the usual around here). As far as HN is concerned I don&#x27;t think there is a general &quot;you can&#x27;t hate on start-ups&quot; mentality but there are times when things can be click-y on any conversational site.<p>Now news sources like TechCrunch? Good luck. If a start-up is on the rise they&#x27;ll publish whatever gives them more clicks. When a start-up is on the decline they&#x27;ll still publish whatever gives them more clicks. If that means &quot;not admitting they&#x27;re wrong&quot; then that&#x27;s just how it&#x27;ll be.<p>As for Peach I downloaded it to try it. I didn&#x27;t &quot;get it&quot;. Thought it was terrible because I couldn&#x27;t share or do anything without finding people first. So I uninstalled. I don&#x27;t have time to cultivate friends on yet another social network; it needs to essentially be done for me. Which yeah sounds super lazy but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s off the mark either.