Sure you're allowed to do it, and from your tone I take it you're offended by my post, and I'm sorry for that. My point wasn't that you should or should not do something. And it's your business and you're free to run it however which way you want to. It's just that as someone who used to severely underestimate how seemingly (to me) small things have a huge influence on how I came across online, I thought I would let you know what I wrote in my OP. The customers that are put off by this will just turn around and you'll never hear from them. You're unlikely to ever get this sort of feedback from friends and family, or even from potential customers who decide against using your service. But I do realize my advice was not asked for, so again, I'm sorry if it was offensive.

Story time: I used to have a friend with long hair who worked as a consultant for a company with lots of customers in banking. He was repeatedly told (in indirect ways) that his performance was great, but that his career prospects would be better if he has a more, let's say, approachable appearance. He complained to us (his friends) about it for a few years, how it was unfair, how it shouldn't matter, etc. And of course it's his right to wear his hair however he wanted. Then when he got married, his wife asked him to cut his hair for the wedding. He agreed (didn't feel slighted about it, wasn't bullied into it, just did it for her). Afterwards he liked his new haircut and decided to keep it short for some time more. Lo and behold, some time later, after he'd been at a new client, he got assigned to a more high profile project in a more prominent role. Coincidence? Maybe. My point is - maybe he should have asked himself sooner where his priorities were: to make a career in a conservative sector (which he himself stated as a goal), or his idea of 'sticking it to the man'.

Again, not saying you should do one thing or another. Maybe you're not actually losing customers, or maybe you don't care about losing some, or whatever. You know your business better than I do, obviously. Good luck, I hope your business will be a success.

In this blog (which is hosted on the page of your business), you're equating taxes to theft. Which in my mind is a very weird look for someone offering any kind of non-shady business.

Especially in a SaaS (which, like taxes, are something you pay for so someone else can provide a service you care for but are unable/unwilling to provide yourself).

I suspect that this is one of those areas where cross-national/regional/cultural mismatches are having an effect. The audience here is distributed all over the world, and what would be taken as an obvious mild joke in one region can land as a serious provocation in another. This happens all the time, and unfortunately it's largely unrecognized.

If we were together in person, these differences would be apparent and people would automatically modulate for them. But all we have on this forum are little text blobs which don't come with any of that metadata. I think this is probably the biggest source of conflict and misunderstanding on HN; certainly one of them.

Edit: there's another clear example of this in another part of this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28614998. That was a rare case of people actually figuring out the mismatch.

It's a joke. I understand politics are at an all time high for polarization, but I think people need to lighten up.

I understand that it was meant as a joke. I'm just saying that it might come across as a very unprofessional one to some people (it certainly did so to me).

I read it thinking you were completely serious fwiw. I can see the angle that it could deter people, but that is probably overstated. At any rate, being careful about online presence is advice anyone should heed.