Read the post, came back to look at hacker news comments knowing the most popular one would say "This idea sucks", was not disappointed. First sentence, boom.
But hey you know you'll always get some constructive criticism no matter the idea, and that's definitely worth something.
I would hope that I explained my own opposition to the idea enough that saying it sucked was okay. I understand that negativity isn't great but when it is backed with reasoning then it should be acceptable. Would it be preferred if nobody pointed out problems or is the problem my approach at explaining why I think the idea is bad?
Fyi, your observation, while perhaps accurate, doesn't add much to the discussion without actually saying why you think the top post is right or wrong.
That's actually a pretty good discussion when we just stop being meta and debate it.
But hey you know you'll always get some constructive criticism no matter the idea, and that's definitely worth something.