Reading this thread, someone commented about his experience (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35505169), and you offered your own, unsolicited (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35505919). Yes, they then asked for details, which you then provided. But you volunteered your experience. You (nor anyone else) was asked for their experience.
Now let me ask this: what is wrong with providing what I did?
And even if it is the facts or true, is it important to share your experience? Is it important to counter someone's good experience with your own bad experience?
FWIW, I know nothing of Zig or anyone in this thread: hiding behind "it's just the facts" to be unkind I find is unhelpful. ("But I'm not being unkind! We're just having a rational discussion!" I hear you say. I disagree. It's never just that.)
Edited to add: I'm leaving this here as-is, but I regret posting it. I should have recognized that this would be fruitless and adds nothing to the thread, and should have never engaged.
> And even if it is the facts or true, is it important to share your experience? Is it important to counter someone's good experience with your own bad experience?
Yes. Public figures should never be immune to criticism.
> hiding behind "it's just the facts" to be unkind I find is unhelpful.
Okay, let's say I'm being unkind. Then you are too because you're criticizing me. Which is fair; you're allowed to. But it's unkind by your own standard, especially if "it's never just that."
Just to clarify: I believe that criticizing public figures is not unkind in and of itself.