alt Hacker NewsBlind is fine. It's close to the forums of the ancient Internet.
If there was some "mask off" moment I don't know what it was, and I've been in this industry for a while. Perhaps you're just projecting out from Elon? It's a popular thing to do nowadays.
Blind is the 4chan of tech, so in some way you're right. I guess some kind of people might find that "fine". Not me.
Perhaps you're one of those pro-Gestapo people? It's a popular thing nowadays.