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I was challenging jhgg's comment, by requesting actual clarification and proof for the very broad statements they made. But if I'm honest, this entire thread is full of many such comments - propping up and praising {tech name} whilst providing little to no data to show for it. And that's how we got cargo culting. But please downvote away :)

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> But please downvote away :)

I don't think you're getting downvoted because you're not praising a piece of technology; you're getting downvoted because your tone seems rude, arrogant, and like you're on a witch-hunt rather than an honest inquiry. While tech fan-clubs do exist on HN, in my experience they respond quite constructively to reasoned criticism--if it's not phrased in an unkind way.

I'm not for or against Erlang. While honestly attempting to learn something new today, I became frustrated with how devoid of content most of the comments in this thread are. "I'm {senior title}, and {tech name} is great" is as far as most of the comments go. That's just extremely mediocre.

A comment section isn't the place to look for detailed content so why get frustrated about the brevity here? There are plenty of places to deep dive in the internet.

> What does "running to much success" mean exactly?

When you ask questions like this, you sound combative, rather than curious - because the success of Discord is rather well documented.

> Why could you not have achieved the same results using alternative tools?

How can this be answered without trialling every other tool? Again, you sound combative.

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