I don't get the impression that C# is bashed on HN, rather the opposite

They said "MS bashing" not C# bashing. In other words, using anything MS was once considered uncool. There's still a number of people who are waiting to catch MS pull a Embrace... stunt.

I've not seen any thread on HN bashing MS without reason. However, the only guys who claim to use C# either work with big companies or freelance.

MS basshing was only based on the M$ quote. Because it was closed source.

Some context has shifted, the Microsoft takes over Github part has shown sentiment shift also ( not everyone of course)

I'm not specifically anti-MS myself and am generally supportive of their OSS moves. I think it aligns well with their SaaS initiatives (Office365, Azure, etc) and think that it will continue.

Beyond that, MS does deserve the skepticism it gets, and I'm not a fan of the "M$" references or similar. Leadership at MS has changed and it does show. I do wish they'd stop doing sleazy things with windows though. I've been using more Linux and Mac as a result.