Here is one of the statements he made about 30k members of /r/node not being part of the Node community: https://twitter.com/izs/status/911732466758516736. Be warned, it devolves into a long thread and rant.
He's actually blocking 170,839 users at the moment. He often brags about it.
see:
https://blocktogether.org/show-blocks/c8XK_YKEO-bTsJBLIcSnJZ...