I agree it's an incorrect view of HN, in general, for the general HN user. The people who come from Gitlab to HN just to reply in Gitlab-related subjects I feel like are not the general HN user. I figure most of us are here because we're curious individuals, that's why we like HN and that's why we're here. The Gitlab employees coming here to get involved in the threads with a Gitlab-HN-manual behind them are not the same (but just as valuable as the rest of us, obviously). Hence my wording around "not upvote/downvote based on personal preference", as that would hopefully correct their impulse of downvoting anything critical of Gitlab, and automatically upvoting anything that paints Gitlab in a good light. Just to help them steer their comments and threads to not become one-sided.