HN community standards treat meta-commentary of this sort as almost always on topic and appropriate.
Since the top comment was insightful and correct, and may be even more valuable than the original article, it's been upvoted.
Since the top comment was insightful and correct, and may be even more valuable than the original article, it's been upvoted.
Discussion about appropriate language and communication styles is indeed applicable to HN. And when an article about that gets up-voted we're all free to discuss our feelings on the topic.