And it marks Sam Altman as living in the past. In terms of "why are comments mean?" we had that debate more than 10 years ago: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1

And it marks Sam Altman as living in the past. In terms of "why are comments mean?" we had that debate more than 10 years ago: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/171-why-do-blog-comments-seem-to-bring-out-the-worst-in-people-so-often https://signalvnoise.com/posts/171-why-do-blog-comments-seem... This seems to fit into the pattern where those who lead the transformation of people's social lives also seem to completely misunderstand that transformation. I'm thinking in particular of Mena Trott: -------------------- "Trott has an interesting golden rule that she would like to see bloggers adopt. “If you aren’t going to say something directly to someone’s face, than don’t use online as an opportunity to say it,” she says. “It is this sense of bravery that people get when they are anonymous that gives the blogosphere a bad reputation.” "