Not everyone here dislikes C++. C++ is a good language for some things, and a bad language for others. In particular, C++ is not a good fit for web development

Not everyone here dislikes C++. C++ is a good language for some things, and a bad language for others. In particular, C++ is not a good fit for web development and an especially bad fit for the type of web applications that the majority of people on HN work on. If you had asked people who make AAA games or create more performance sensitive applications you would likely see a different opinion of C++.