Please take a look at an example about "collaborative"

That everyone can edit it doesn't mean that everyone can do anything they want. This is true for any publicly shared resource.

A library is open to all, but if you decide to reorganize a bookshelf in a manner that seems more sensible to you, you will face resistance.

Your witticism has no relation to what really happened in my case. But it perfectly illustrates the attitude of growing blindness of self-recognized "know-it-alls", as I described in my second long rant below.