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I think there's value in documenting and discussing this sort of thing.

If it won't always happen (or will always happen but is one of those things that earns a degree of passive (or active, depending on the example) condemnation when it does) and people don't like it, the discussion might bring about change. If it will always happen, or even if Tech NY doesn't change, it might still help the reader better understand the context, be it the NYC startup scene, their own tendencies and "tribes", or something else.