I'm primarily a Scruggs player but I dabble in melodic. A few days ago I was outside a jam that I'm a regular at, I never play melodic in the jam itself but I was sitting outside practicing Blackberry Blossom. The other banjo player at the jam heard me and said very rudely "don't play that melodic shit". I don't think he was joking he sounded pretty serious.
I also see a lot of disparaging comments under videos of melodic players (there tends to be people saying that they should take the fifth string off). There's a lot of people saying they hate melodic on this video in particular.
So is it just my experience or have y'all also noticed a dislike of melodic players within the community? What do you think is the reason for it? Is it just that it's not traditional?