I mostly agree with you. But I don't think it's a geek thing per se. Just look at the comments on political blogs. It's the same thing there. It's the anonymit

I mostly agree with you. But I don't think it's a geek thing per se. Just look at the comments on political blogs. It's the same thing there. It's the anonymity. Combined with a 95% male audience. If each reddit commenter had to sign with his full name, and his picture would be shown next to his comments, the tone would be quite different.