Anecdotally, I've seen this same sort of phenomenon play out in plenty of other discussions. The worst ones are typically conversations about JS frameworks, iOS

Anecdotally, I've seen this same sort of phenomenon play out in plenty of other discussions. The worst ones are typically conversations about JS frameworks, iOS vs Android, messaging apps with "private" chat features (Telegram/Signal/etc), and battles about Gitlab/Github. For some reason these subjects seem to create an open invitation for haters of all stripes to list their grievances about the product under discussion. I used to think it was mostly astroturfing -- and there may be some of that on occasion -- but lately I've come to understand this phenomenon as a "feature" of humanity's tribal nature, much like sports team preferences. (Edit: that's not to say that fair criticism of a product is a bad thing. It can be healthy! But these conversations often go beyond balanced criticism, at least from my perspective.)