Матю Хохи въздиша по времената, когато всички в блогосферите са се познавали и коментарите са били конструктивен диалог с автора, а не услуга, предлагаща контент. Аналогия: представете си колко са близки хората в малък град и как се отчуждават с нарастването му.

People will post about their idle curiosities on their personal blog (”Why does x happen when I do y?“) and instead of seeing friendly answers I would expect many years ago, I’ll often see someone early on read into the question and assume all sorts of accusations (”well, maybe it’s because you are a, b, and c, and everyone knows it!“) and watch most followup comments start from there and go into darker directions.

I’m starting to think there’s this “new generation” that has grown up online only knowing blogs as having snarky comment areas and never realizing it used to be a personal, intimate space where you’d never say anything in a comment that you wouldn’t say to a friend’s face.

Плашещо е някой да израстне с идеята, че в коментарите има вечно глупости, но усещам някакви сходства с eenk.com. Добре е да си припомним Греъм и троловете.