OP, I hope you get your access figured out.
I enjoy the Blowout forums. I don't really collect modern so I RARELY post, but I enjoy lurking.
It's true, there are LOTS of threads and comments that trend negative, whiny, etc....but not all of them.
There are actual modern COLLECTORS (not just investors and flippers) that post there too, and it's interesting to see that side of things. Some of the collectors have IMPRESSIVE collections. As we all know, the sheer amount of options, products, parallels etc. in modern mean there are an almost ENDLESS amount of options for collecting modern, so to see a passionate collector assemble a focused set, player collection, parallel color run (they call them "rainbows") is pretty cool. Their odd obsession with little pieces of cardboard with pictures of baseball players isn't too much different than ours
Also, the stereotypes go both ways. Sometimes people bring up Net54 over there, and usually someone pipes in and generalizes that Net54 members are knowledgeable, but pretty much just old and grumpy too. Maybe not too far off from the truth?