Depends on what your perspective is on negative, some people like a healthy debate of opposing views, it makes blogging worth it. Think how boring it would be if everyone agreed...oh wait, that's why I keep going back to my old blog because this one sucks with so many people running around kissing butt for a couple pennies. Not to mention there's nothing in live interactions going on here, takes the adrenaline drive right out of blogging.
It's called lifting people up and doing to others as you would have done to you
...like I said, "given a unfair advantage over others who have been at it a lot longer than Adam or you." It's not a negative to state the truth, most people don't like being called out on something.