Even though I agree with the premise that there are all sorts of opinions out there, and the conclusion that most of those opinions don't matter, be wary of trying to fit your world view into made up theories (like opinions into buckets of 33% discouraging / 33% indifferent / 33% encouraging / 1% life-changing). It may be detrimental for your own good. [0]<p>Following a similar line of thought from TFA, see this recent discussion on <i>unkind retorts</i>: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29367924" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29367924</a><p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(psychological_school)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(psychological_...</a>
> For X number of people that hold an opinion on you, 33% will support you, 33% don't care, and 33% will dislike you. 1% of the opinions may change you<p>I've had my fair share of 15-minutes of fame online. I will tell you that 80% of people don't care and the 20% of people who do either really love your stuff or constantly sling shit at you for no reason other than envy or to prove you wrong.<p>You do get these 1% life-changing gems though where someone will email or message you saying you changed their life in some way. They always outweigh the trolls.<p>On-top of that, developers and software/tech types are just generally hard to please. Especially when it comes to community things and when they feel said community is being "threatened". People would get very territorial over meetups that I created for similar dev groups and provide similar feedback when they would hardly ever show up nor help pay for any of the pizza/swag. Lots of entitlement for the spectators vs. those who are actually in the arena.
The example given is a single negative interaction in a slack community, which does not seem to support a rule that 33% of people want to see your idea fail.