Hmm, I do kind of see the point he's trying to make though - 'Fail' seems to be like a fratboy in-joke, the kind of thing that's OK to shout out because it's fu

Hmm, I do kind of see the point he's trying to make though - 'Fail' seems to be like a fratboy in-joke, the kind of thing that's OK to shout out because it's funny, but that is actually a little thoughtless and sometimes cruel. The tabloid press and TV are full of that already; the article author obviously thought that the internet could do better, and is disappointed to see it isn't.