It&#x27;s not cool to criticize startups in silicon valley because that&#x27;s what the place stands for. There&#x27;s already enough people in the world who will say it&#x27;s a stupid app (probably 99.9%), I don&#x27;t see anything wrong with some encouragement from a small community. And like you observed, an app won&#x27;t get traction no matter how famous the founder is if it&#x27;s not good enough, so life is not exactly &quot;unfair&quot;.