CEO Urges Founders to Reject Cynical Hacker News Energy
Charlie Marsh argued on X that builders should aim for the opposite of what he sees in Hacker News comment threads, and Bojan Tunguz quickly piled on.
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“You basically want to be the opposite of the HN comments section, which is built on cynical, dark energy”
Charlie Marsh@charliermarshTECH#1440Story Brief
In a post on X, Astral founder Charlie Marsh argued that builders should be "the opposite of the HN comments section," which he described as "built on cynical, dark energy." The remark landed as a blunt culture critique more than a product claim. It also picked up quick reinforcement from investor and founder Bojan Tunguz, who quote-posted on X that he was glad he had only heard about Hacker News secondhand and that it sounded "even worse than Reddit."
“I only heard about it secondhand, and am so glad I never checked it out. Sounds even worse than Reddit.”
Bojan Tunguz@tunguz