I would go farther and say that when credentialism creeps into a community, it's done. That said I very much appreciate the genuine experts who post here, and

I would go farther and say that when credentialism creeps into a community, it's done. That said I very much appreciate the genuine experts who post here, and hate seeing them driven away by disrespectful people. HN walks the line between experience and openness better than any other community I know of. It's not perfect but it's still amazing.