I hope you weren&#x27;t reading my comment that I feel less inclined to visit a site where only the old boys club get to comment as vitriol or a <i>personal</i> attack of all things. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10762260" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10762260</a><p>Just as a matter of taste I don&#x27;t want to spend time on the outside looking in on an invite-only community. I&#x27;d simply go elsewhere. I&#x27;m not a huge fan of elitism and exclusivity in general.<p>One situation where it&#x27;s not quite as bad if there are very transparent, specific criteria. E.g. &quot;you can&#x27;t comment unless you&#x27;ve built a product &gt;10,000 people use&quot; is much better than &quot;you can&#x27;t comment unless you&#x27;re on our social graph&quot;.