It's not inevitable. I'm not sure how long you've been lurking; there is a shared desire to perpetuate the level of discourse in a way that benefits the commun

It's not inevitable. I'm not sure how long you've been lurking; there is a shared desire to perpetuate the level of discourse in a way that benefits the community. We've also got the "don't say something stupid, the natives are very smart / clever / motivated and deserve your respect" factor, the "ask yc news/ask pg and almost always get intelligent actionable feedback from experienced hackers/entrepreneurs" factor, and the "if I have an idea and demonstrate talent I might get noticed / funded, so I better not say something really stupid" factor. Releasing data is a '?' - if it can be suggested that it may be a means to arrive at some sort of method for automatically/technically ensuring the community doesn't move toward the same kind of mob mentality, that's fantastic, let the heavyweight theory guys find something cool to do with it. If that fails, there's still moderation, and a strong desire to perpetuate the high signal to noise ratio here.