I'm not sure what this means, but if by "unbidden shill-like opinion" you mean to insinuate astroturfing by another commenter, that's not allowed on HN without evidence. An opposing opinion is not evidence.
For one, this was in regards to the parent being a response to its parent, which was unrelated to other parents. Second, I was attempting to make a generalized assessment that no one should particularly care about a prior/current/whatever employee's opinion, precisely because it is sorely lacking in technical details that matter. (In other words, it was an argument from authority - a fallacy.) Perhaps I triggered the wrong idea with "shill-like" but I'll take the down vote for that with pride. Cheers (and keep up the great mod work)!