First come creators, bringing cultural capital; then fanatics, bringing
social capital. The scene draws mops, members of the public who want to
soak up the atmosphere. But the mops have money, which attracts the
sociopaths, which is the beginning of the end. The sociopaths "loot
whatever value is left, and move on to the next exploit. They leave
behind only wreckage: devastated geeks."
-- David Chapman. [paraphrase of]
"Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution"
http://meaningness.com/metablog/geeks-mops-sociopaths