> My question these days when I read such article, "What has the author done that is equivalent?" There is rarely anything to be found.
Literally an ad hominem.
Literally an ad hominem.
Poster questions author's qualifications to criticize Facebook. Poster's own blog post about software quality never hit the front page of HN.
To quoque, dude. Tu quoque.~
Is it bullet proof? Of course not. As an easy example, there are many that are more overweight than I am that know nutrition better than I do. That said, it is does seem somewhat logical to question health advice from clearly unhealthy people.
Using your easy example with OP's logic, a 100-pound overweight person trying to lose 100 pounds by throwing up and taking dangerous diet pills should also discount the advice of a physician who've never lost 100 pounds themselves or successfully helped a patient lose at least 100 pounds.
That is, again, it is not bullet proof. But, it is too often for someone to have experience that does not scale to the speed and size of facebook in this regard. Life is too easy to argue in the extremes of straw men. Wanting to know of experience that backs an argument is perfectly reasonable.