"I wondered if their work might show that tech really does need humanism—that better online communities can be built one relationship at a time. Then my eyes moved down the thread, where a third user had left a new comment. It read: “King Canute was supposed to stop the tide, you couch alluder.”

Great article, very well researched. Ms Weiner has clearly put some major effort in there ... or spends an inordinate amount of time here anyway! Is HN on speed dial in her browser.

The article is pre-pandemic and a lot of other recent events. I'd love to diff the older article with one written nowadays, ideally with minimal knowledge of the original.