> void of human feelings

What if we reframe this about how the CEO treats their users and employees? Why does Ryan deserve to be free from criticism?

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phpnode 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you have any special insight here or are you speculating? I'm not saying that he should be free from criticism, but that we should try and have some empathy for people who try things even if they fail, particularly when they've offered their services to the community for free for the last 5+ years (much longer when considering node.js)

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verdverm 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> Do you have any special insight here or are you speculating?

I'm trying to understand why you carve an exception for this one individual.

When I worked in restaurants, the owner and I had a very interesting conversation after hours, and with beers, about his thoughts and feelings being responsible for the well being and livelihood of everyone that worked there. It was a positive moment, I thought I had a great boss, I work my ass off for him.

A year later I found he was trimming hours off of my paycheck. I quit on the spot. Months later I heard he did the same to the waitstaff tips and it wasn't much longer before it all fell apart.

People can appear very different publicly than privately, and they can change over time.

	▲	abnercoimbre 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The reverse is true: asshole bosses who do right by workers quietly. Sometimes they're public assholes and privately terrible though. But sometimes (perhaps very rarely) they're openly caring AND do the right thing behind curtains. I'm not saying anything groundbreaking here. Humanity is complex and varied.