"Everyone's so open and friendly" is a lie

[Alleluia]

Saying that the community is great is either copium or really pretentious (or arrogant idk the correct word and i'm lazy) or naive. Everyone can become toxic at some point, sometimes without even noticing it.

Well that's a silly sentiment. How should we describe the community then? "Awful"? That's inaccurate, to say the least. "Just okay"? Also inaccurate. Its not "meh"; its good. This community is a good one, usually. And "great" and "good" are used interchangeably by many people depending on one's mood and outlook on life at the time of typing. There's absolutely nothing inaccurate with saying its great if your experience with it is such. Saying its great doesn't mean its without flaw, it means its intrinsically good and lives up to that most of the time. Something can be great without being perfect, you know.

EDIT: Reread your post. You do say you don't think the community is bad, just you're seen worse. So perhaps the issue I have with what you're saying is you and I view the connotation of "great" vs "just okay" differently?