> ...it feels like V really brings out the people to come up with ways of criticizing it. V is an up and coming language in the categories of both C and Go alt

> ...it feels like V really brings out the people to come up with ways of criticizing it. V is an up and coming language in the categories of both C and Go alternatives. This means a wide range of competitors and "acolytes" who may "come out of the woodworks" to take a shot at a rival, at anytime. The more popular they believe V is becoming or the more threatened by it that they may feel, the more likely we are to see "shots fired". This is not to say that various criticisms are not or will not be valid. In fact, constructive criticism can be good and healthy. Among them, bringing bugs and issues to the attention of developers or having technical discussions with the language's community. But, the negative or non-constructive acts (attack blogs, downvoting, flagging, gaslighting, trolling, etc...) do shed light on some of the odd heavy-handed, sneaky, or aggressive vibes that many of us can see. It demonstrates the intentions of bad actors or those acting in bad faith. > ...absent when other new languages comes up (like Golang or Rust)... Golang and Rust are backed by major companies. They do have plenty of "enemies" and competitors taking shots at them, but they aren't given the media "airtime" for their negative narratives to stick and their attempts get drowned out by the size of the language's userbase or amount of "infomercials". Various other newer languages simply lack the popularity, userbase, or sponsors for most to even take notice or care. So they are simply not talked about.