His site had a pretty old-school, unmoderated comment section. So it was probably a good idea to shut it down. That said, every time I looked at the comments,

His site had a pretty old-school, unmoderated comment section. So it was probably a good idea to shut it down. That said, every time I looked at the comments, it seemed like the vast majority were incredibly supportive. So I wonder to what extent he fell in the classic trap of ignoring all of the praise and getting obsessed with the criticism.