[throwayawnotime]

I strongly suspect that the competitive environment in Javascript frameworks and :s/tool/fool/ing is the main source of the negativity: Trolls have the explicit agenda to demolish/demotivate what they're trolling in order to push their own project/framework.

[moron4hire]

This is a really shitty thing to say, which you clearly understand.

The 90/9/1 comes in to play here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)

I have found that even sites like HN don't skew significantly far from this. As users, we can't know who the 90% of people are who read this site and never post. But there are definitely 9 times more people commenting than creating.

As an open source project maintainer myself, I have absolutely zero time to go talk shit about my competitors, even if I had shit to say about them.

[polotics]

In my observation, one troll can and will show up under many different identities, so there may be a 90/9/1 rule, but it can be gamed.

[wnevets]

Much like the fanboys of the console wars. It's so much about their "side" winning they get upset when a game isn't an exclusive.