Aside from the optics of journalism, the Dyack and Jaffe grimcrashes remind me of that general point regarding online behaviour - of getting 'communication' and 'broadcasting' confused. Same seems to happen with any developer's cajole/plead/nudge fed into the great battleship Internet Gaming Forum. No matter how intimate, honest or plaintive etc. it's almost always going to be received as a broadcast from an elevated position. READY THE TOMATOES. That will be the title of my excellent imaginary media training course.

Plus, there's the whole validation element for online communities, that seems to make them go a bit doolally/foamy, but that's just a wildcard element to be wary, rather than weary, of.