LJ had a much more pleasant culture in terms of interacting with strangers. I agree, and even when strangers were nasty there were less of them. It was managea

LJ had a much more pleasant culture in terms of interacting with strangers. I agree, and even when strangers were nasty there were less of them. It was manageable. I mean, sure, sometimes there were trolls or whatever. But it wasn't like social media today where there can be absolute deluges of bad-faith interaction.