Their style reminds me of the expertsexchange guys after it had gotten obvious that StackOverflow pwned their asses. They sounded genuinely offended about their own asshole behavior biting them back.
They seem to have taken down their post - its HN discussion is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2224305 and the original is on web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20120424061749/http://www.expert...
This kind of "apology" is just pouring gasoline on the fire.