Honestly the amount of vitriolic comments has increased, and that seems to be more part of the problem than what you've presented here. Sure, most of them are

Honestly the amount of vitriolic comments has increased, and that seems to be more part of the problem than what you've presented here. Sure, most of them are still downvoted to shit, and it's not clear how many are trolls vs true believers, but I do think it encourages the true believers that their views are more widespread.