One of the Spout co-founders here. Sorry to hear you found it to be strictly mean.

We meant the post all in good fun and we knew we'd be opening ourselves up to criticism since we're still in a closed beta ourselves.

We certainly didn't write this in a mean-spirited sense, just wanted to poke a bit of fun at the startup community.

I disagree. When rich spoiled idiots with bad ideas get funded based on family connections and "pedigree", that takes the resources away from people of talent.

We get fired and blacklisted if we try to unionize, disparage (much less sue) bad actors, or otherwise fight on behalf of talent or labor or even innovation. Ridicule is the one weapon we have left against these assholes.