[kjellsbells]

One could also argue that the unification of "commenting" under a small number of giant frameworks (reddit, disqus, facebook etc) contributed.

Back in the day you'd go on to a bulletin board for, oh I dont know, Volkswagens, and talk with a few thousand people. And your tone and style would be reflective of the culture of that specific site.

Now when people go to comment, they are using mass tools like FB or Reddit that bring their own culture to how commenters should act. For example, Facebook's comment culture, which injects politics into every conceivable discussion, now infects any site that allows comments using Facebook.

[rustcleaner]

I find many of the problems with online social organization are isomorphic to real life social organization. It is cathartic as a libertarian to watch the centralized internet structures play out exactly like the current and historical real life organizational structures do, but at a much accelerated rate!