I agree the distributed group-think is a huge problem on the internet. However, if you do some analysis, I think you'll find that twitter-fueled public lynching

I agree the distributed group-think is a huge problem on the internet. However, if you do some analysis, I think you'll find that twitter-fueled public lynchings are an order of magnitude less frequent than twitter-fueled viral awesomeness. Something this article glazes over is that, while we have the infrastructure for mass information virality, actually making something go viral is still very difficult. This is just as true for videos of assholes doing stupid things as it is for releasing web-apps.