>Innovation loves support. When innovation is supported, you get more innovation.
The same thing can be said for mediocrity and outright regressions.
>people say things in online commentary that they wouldn't say face to face.
This is definitely often true, but not usually. I'm nicer online than I am in person, because in person I can smile, apologize, and make goofy faces to blunt honest criticism. Online, all I have is smileys and exclamation points, which make you read like a wide-eyed idiot, but don't always make you read like a nice wide-eyed idiot:)
The same thing can be said for mediocrity and outright regressions.
>people say things in online commentary that they wouldn't say face to face.
This is definitely often true, but not usually. I'm nicer online than I am in person, because in person I can smile, apologize, and make goofy faces to blunt honest criticism. Online, all I have is smileys and exclamation points, which make you read like a wide-eyed idiot, but don't always make you read like a nice wide-eyed idiot:)