I have to say that this type of behavior is the exact thing that moved me from Reddit to HN. Something one of organizational behavior professors said stuck wit

I have to say that this type of behavior is the exact thing that moved me from Reddit to HN. Something one of organizational behavior professors said stuck with me: anonymous online discussions have a disinhibiting effect. The point was clearly along the lines of what the post discusses. Unfortunately Clay Shirky's post about a group being it's own worst enemy (http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html) appears to be startlingly accurate.