First, you have to take any article that calls out a trend without providing any numbers with a grain of salt. Second, he seems to believe that this trend is g

First, you have to take any article that calls out a trend without providing any numbers with a grain of salt. Second, he seems to believe that this trend is global and not local. That is, that internet comments as a group are all becoming more superficial, rather than a particular forum's posts becoming that way over time. I don't think I agree.