I particularly dislike it when comment sections erupt into downvote wars on anything that varies from the prevailing opinion in the room, irrespective of whether it makes a logical argument or contributes information or insight to the conversation.
What happened to humility?
Everyone here wants to look like the next Steve Jobs in front of YC, no one wants to look like Steve Wozniak.
Fun part is that most likely being Wóz would get you to be hired or partnered with because guys running the show think they all are Jobs.
(Very few are actively looking to be hired, and those that are would rather post a frontpaging deepdive blog than practise their commentary?)
I think it's interesting that this wasn't the vibe that was here around the time of the first few YC cohorts. Everyone posting here was chatting as if they wanted to embody the Richard Stallman/Wozniak prototypical hackerman. I think once YC grew and this became a place to network with successful industry insiders rather than tech savvy ultra-geeks doing it for the love of the game that the tone changed hard.