Why should people refrain from stating what they see? It's his blog, why should he refrain to express himself? Why should you decide in his stead, what does matter or not to him to express?
A minor signal is still a signal, that may, or may not, accrue to other converging ones.
How does this relate to my prior two comments?
I don’t see the connection to how any random group of HN readers perceive this or that.