I find that HN in general is getting prickly. The paranoia-posts about becoming reddit are on the rise. The hacker news mindset is defensive and a little elit

I find that HN in general is getting prickly. The paranoia-posts about becoming reddit are on the rise. The hacker news mindset is defensive and a little elitist, which means that throwaway posts or posts made a little thoughtlessly get quickly shunned. Which is fine, actually, in moderation. But there's some sense in which it's passe to be casual, it's uncool to be enthusiastic about HN, and in general we can't just be chill with each other. No more do I find this evident than how we make SNs green for newbs. It's almost the definition of elitist. If we truly care _only_ about post quality, it shouldn't matter whether someone is new. But the 'circle-the-wagons' mentality leads to intentional alienation.