I see this in basically every interesting domain now, from construction to software development to 3D printing to starting a business. There’s a huge cohort that’s always ready to jump on other people for doing something interesting, offering “friendly” discouragement at the earliest moment, often while simultaneously defending bad behavior from incumbents or their half of the political class.
I'm wonder if it's an extension of internet reddit culture where you get rewarded with instant updopamines for making some snappy technically-correct point so we all learned to do that.