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stuart73547373 | 1 year ago

genuinely impressed by your tact and quality of response to such a weirdly hostile message

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apeytavin|1 year ago

Haha thank you. But really, his message was full of very concrete remarks that help us get better at presenting what we do.

whalesalad|1 year ago

What about my message is hostile? Serious question. I know I’m being critical but I’m not trying to be hostile.

Have you ever been to an investor meeting? That is a true hostile environment. Consider this the dry run.

dang|1 year ago

Leading with "I'm actually shocked YC invested in this product" in response to a startup launch strikes me as hostile. For example.

People routinely underestimate the hostility in their own comments. You should probably multiple your perception of it by 10x to have a sense of how it's landing with the median reader. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

apeytavin|1 year ago

In my experience investors are actually too nice and don't tell you what they think.

I'm European (French), I like folks that are direct and whom with we can discuss