One thing I've noticed HN gets right is requiring a basic standard of civility, and it seems like that idea gets lost in the discussion around social media. It'

One thing I've noticed HN gets right is requiring a basic standard of civility, and it seems like that idea gets lost in the discussion around social media. It's understandable that Instagram et al want to get rid of hate speech, but "the grind of you suck, you're lying, you're stupid"* is a problem orders of magnitude larger because it encompasses users in general. And, yeah, if you have an environment where it's normal to be civil and not take cheap shots at people, "you should kill yourself" may not be entirely prevented, but it would probably be unusual enough that she wouldn't have seen 70% of her peers telling her that. * quoting Anita Sarkeesian from memory