r/programming is another good example. The community there is very hostile and actively downvote and hate on most new things that aren't C++/Java/.NET/Python sometimes. It's been stereotyped as a bunch of overly angry .NET/Java devs, not sure how accurate that is but the angry part is right. It's just a waste of time.
I think it's grown that way over time. Used to be very focused on functional and dynamic languages back in the day. Hell, Perl was the hot topic back in 2005-2007 era reddit.
Right, which just reinforces my initial statements above. Popularity breeds trash. Forums move from a small group of passionate users, to general population. This is where quality deteriorates quickly.
r/programming is another good example. The community there is very hostile and actively downvote and hate on most new things that aren't C++/Java/.NET/Python sometimes. It's been stereotyped as a bunch of overly angry .NET/Java devs, not sure how accurate that is but the angry part is right. It's just a waste of time.