--- title: Communities of Not | daily.dev description: A reflection on communities built around rejecting something — whether cars, children, or LLMs — and how they tend to shift from legitimate criticism to mob... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/communities-of-not-r1jqivlqc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Communities of Not | daily.dev og:description: A reflection on communities built around rejecting something — whether cars, children, or LLMs — and how they tend to shift from legitimate criticism to mob... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/communities-of-not-r1jqivlqc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/r1jqIvLqc.png og:image:alt: Communities of Not og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Communities of Not **[Armin Ronacher](https://daily.dev/sources/mitsuhiko)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A reflection on communities built around rejecting something — whether cars, children, or LLMs — and how they tend to shift from legitimate criticism to mob behavior and identity policing. When a respected figure changes their stance, these communities treat it as betrayal and pile on with harassment. The author draws on the recent mob targeting the rsync project over LLM use as a concrete example, and encourages developers to slow down, de-escalate, and stay open to new things rather than letting negativity become identity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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