“Let us be kind to one another, and as an industry give no time and attention to those who try to build themselves up by attacking other people.”

Good post Rachel but unfortunately it is not just a problem with (some) of the web industry but across the board (read this to be shocked: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/laurie-penny-a-womans-opinion-is-the-miniskirt-of-the-internet-6256946.html).

I think a time will come when it will be necessary to overhall the web architecture to prevent this degeneration into regular and usually unfounded abuse of web writers and contributors, Twitter and elsewhere