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Comment by nopal | Hacker News Reader

This is the sort of over-critical analysis that is too prevalent on HN.

There's a counterargument to any decision, and it seems like you're trying to find ways to disparage something you don't like.

I'm not sure any value was added beyond stating the obvious limitations (read: design decisions).

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Yes, it's a simple product and my review was probably too in-depth, although if there's any one place to submit it I thought HN would be it.

Perhaps stating the obvious is not counter-productive if the product in question is not well thought of, and considering 37signals' history (especially Basecamp Next) I'd argue it applies to Breeze.

I tried to phrase my opinion not to be overly cynical and I'm sorry if my comment still remained offensive.

> The test for substance is a lot like it is for links. Does your comment teach us anything? There are two ways to do that: by pointing out some consideration that hadn't previously been mentioned, and by giving more information about the topic, perhaps from personal experience. Whereas comments like "LOL!" or worse still, "That's retarded!" teach us nothing.

For heaven's sake, don't apologize for giving an honest opinion. If we had to apologize every time someone in the world found something to get offended by then half our speech would be apologies for the other half.

If it matters, I stood completely by my statements. It is not always easy to evaluate whether my tone is appropriate or not, which is why I followed the path of the least resistance.

I thought your statements were insightful and relevant. Some of the the time the HN community is right that somebody is being gratuitously critical or missing the point, but rest of the time they are just touchy and don't want to hear any good criticism.

Apologizing for their unreasonableness only encourages it.

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