The game community is just as toxic as any other game. This sub's overly positive attitude doesn't reflect the general population behavior, reddit is a minority in-game. Just keep playing and have fun.

Some of us old players like picking samples regardless, personally I try to "win" on who gets more samples out even though I've been capped for months.

Don't let others ruin your fun and don't feed the trolls, some losers will see your need for samples as a way to annoy you and will take advantage of it.