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> others feel obliged to give feedback because we have a culture of feedback.

See also "bikeshedding". Made famous by FreeBSD core developer Poul-Henning Kamp (phk). I see there is now a website dedicated to his email: https://www.bikeshed.org

In short: people give feedback and quibble because they can, to demonstrate that they're participating, that they can contribute.

Being aware of this habit and inhibiting it is something I teach to every new employee in my team. (If you know how to avoid it always, teach me)



You don't really need to explain bike shedding to HN.




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