But this is not about attention by itself; It's about feedback.
At least you learned that your opinions were considered controversial.
You made someone move out of their comfort zone and reach out to you, if only to send hatemail. You have impact on other people. That's something.
But those who are writing posts but get no response whatsoever, are stumbling in the dark. Is the topic boring? Is the post not detailed enough? Too long? Too pompous? Is there a spelling error half-way through, so horrible, that no one manages to read the article to the end? Those people will never know.
Of course, you can hone your writing skills by writing for yourself, but without critique from others, it can only get you so far.
Technologies: C#, PL/SQL, Python, Powershell, Bash, learning Scala and Javascript
Résumé/CV: on request
Email: hackernews at tznvy eu (don't rot13 this, it's the actual domain name)
Having five years of experience in .NET software development, I'm currently trying to broaden my horizons learning functional programming (Scala, Haskell) and current frontend trends (Typescript, React). If you do something GIS-related, I would happily learn any technology you use.
At least you learned that your opinions were considered controversial. You made someone move out of their comfort zone and reach out to you, if only to send hatemail. You have impact on other people. That's something.
But those who are writing posts but get no response whatsoever, are stumbling in the dark. Is the topic boring? Is the post not detailed enough? Too long? Too pompous? Is there a spelling error half-way through, so horrible, that no one manages to read the article to the end? Those people will never know.
Of course, you can hone your writing skills by writing for yourself, but without critique from others, it can only get you so far.