The linked blog post is about the learning experience a guy had when he said something pointless without thinking among a group of people who would prefer to be using their time and energy more productively.

The linked blog post is about a lesson a then out-of-touch marketer learned from an insightful but admittedly abusive boss.

The comparison being drawn is that you've been voted down for "saying something pointless without thinking among a group of people who would prefer to be using their time and energy more productively".

Wow, I'm embarrassed I didn't get that.