[dqv]

> I really hope it doesn't catch on further

It already has.

It is the late teens/young twenties online communication style. Generally pretty aggressive, but easy to ignore because they are usually not really saying anything of substance. They are "ragebaiting" you.

[jszymborski]

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to blame toxic culture in OSS development when it was pioneered by the greats like Torvalds https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-ab...

[Gormo]

That's been an element of internet culture at least since the early '90s. I'm surprised that it's surprising anyone.

[dqv]

When I see people commenting "shut your bitch ass up" (now deleted), "triggered", "keep dreaming my guy", it is distinctly generational (young gen z) to me. It is a style of communication.

Torvalds may have "invented" OSS toxicity, but, as far as I can tell, he was not popping in saying SYBAU like he was commenting on a tiktok brainrot compilation.

[Lutger]

Not legitimizing his rants - he is a genuine asshole - but his raging is actually entertaining and more often than not, you'd learn a thing or two.

[gorbachev]

Flamewars were a thing long, long ago. They somewhat stopped being a thing when BBSes and Usenet died.

[KingMob]

Well, the nomenclature may have changed, but raging arguments on the internet are still here.