[throwanem]

> smaller more focused online groups each with their own mores

So, more what the Internet looked like before 2007 or so. I was there for that, and won't say it was without its drawbacks - but it is starting to look as though the drawbacks of the current fashion outweigh them.

> It's fascinating that this is happening in both social media and the world (Brexit and the fragmentation of Europe) at the same time

Indeed it is. Perhaps there's a larger lesson to be drawn.