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What?

I don't understand what you're saying here. It sounds like you're conflating negativity and honesty.

Honesty may or may not be negative. If you're Tesla, you can stand proud and say "We are trying to change the world," that is both honest and positive. If you are Zynga, you cannot.

There is an alternative to to "spin" that's not pessimistic, it's the middleground called realism.

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He meant that there is negativity in the comments on HN, not in the blog post.

Well then I don't understand on what basis he's saying "It always feels optimistic and silly. It always feels like spin."

If you tell the honest truth "We may fail, I'm not sure, but it's not the end of the world if this company fails, most do" that doesn't sound like silly spin to me.