I can't be the only one that thinks that imageboards kill any sense of wonder from the world.
Having a group of people that know every nitpicking detail of anything chastizing you for not knowing very fringe knowledge may be a reason for that. You punish lack of knowledge, you disincentivize people from learning more about certain stuff. Have this repeated endlessly for many years and you kill whatever wonder for the world may have existed before.
There must be a better way for this to be dealt with, I have dealt with communities that are gatekept and don't devolve into this kind of behaviour where those who want to learn are ostracized. But then again, those communities aren't accesible unless the admins let you be in them.