Kapil's first mistake is that he misses the context of my post and insinuates that I'm always for releasing numbers. That is not the case. The post he linked to was titled "Make your Startup ridiculously easy to write about. Put Together a Great Press Pack". The meat of the article was saying "Sharing numbers with journalists can be a very good way to demonstrate traction and get them interested in you".
It doesn't matter if you have an amazing idea (or product) if no one uses it.
The numbers game works indirectly as well. If I haven't heard of a startup before, but I know a lot of people use it, I'm more inclined to reach out with an interview request.
All that said, with the limited time I've spent with Kapil (in an interview), I believe he's a good guy, he just missed the mark on this post.