Sigh.

This seems to be a common pattern on HN where users make very strong negative claims about some person/organisation without even attempting to justify it.

I wonder if this is a conscious tactic where people who don't like some person/organisation attempt to attach negative emotions to it.

Hoping that people unfamiliar with it would feel negatively about it, without really knowing why they feel that way. "I just remember someone saying that it is bad."