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HN when discussing their own project milestones: "Agile everything! Organic features."

HN when discussing a new product: "OUTRAGE! It must support EVERYTHING I want on launch day!"

Right, it’s almost as if there’s more than one person here, with more than one temperament.

A message board centered around startup accelerator might be expected to have a median temperament closer to a startup than a 100 year old accounting firm.

HN has many different subpopulations and the startup founder subgroup became a small minority many years ago. There are probably more users here now who actively identify against startups than the other way around. Cycle of life.

> HN when discussing a new product: "OUTRAGE! It must support EVERYTHING I want on launch day!"

You are describing internet mostly. There's simply too many unreasonable people on the internet.

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