No, its because at one time the community actually liked and recommended it and then got burned and acts accordingly. Linode has a bunch of great features, but

No, its because at one time the community actually liked and recommended it and then got burned and acts accordingly. Linode has a bunch of great features, but after seeing them get hacked a half dozen times over really silly things, more DDOS's than you would be happy with, and frankly I have had interactions with their management (just online) and was sorry to have had said interactions. You can also read a bunch of implications from former employees about their management, but you can feel free to discount that given how many times ex-employees are a bit pissed. - Former Linode Customer