Agreed. I'll take it even further, and it applies to all groups of humans, regardless of pursuit. It's also why hobbies always start out with small, passionate groups, and the more "normies" enter it, the more it becomes watered down, pushing out the people who started it because they can no longer stand the medium or the people part of it.

Not sure how this can be combated, except through stringent gate keeping, and as a general rule, having a healthier wider society, with healthier and better people as part of the larger group of people/nation, that are less prone to watering down niche groups, and less wanting to do so, knowing the destructive nature of it.