This is a corrosive practice that should not be socially unacceptable. It allows many people unfamiliar with the internals of an industry to live in a kind of "

This is a corrosive practice that should not be socially unacceptable. It allows many people unfamiliar with the internals of an industry to live in a kind of "filter bubble." There are many situations, organizations, or cultures where certain bad behaviours are an open secret, but largely unknown to anyone outside the context.