In terms of mean comments, I think that's just a way of people to express themselves in something they don't agree in order to seek some attention. A person who

In terms of mean comments, I think that's just a way of people to express themselves in something they don't agree in order to seek some attention. A person who has high amount of knowledge in different areas it does not matter what newbies use and probably they even encourage them with positive opinion because they don't need an approval from other members of the community. The main problem is that every community gets biased toward certain trend or way of thinking and they suppress opinions against them. HN is less biased in this sense but still that exist.