Now that you mention it, I too remember the problems. To an extent I do consider them growing pains for a new medium, people trying to break the system in a childlike or hacker way. I also enjoyed the raw-ness of the new medium and accepted the "noise" as so many +5 rated comments were infinitely better than what you were able to read in a newspaper or magazine.
Trolling was in it's infancy and at least labeled as such. Today it's organizations successfully influencing elections through social media. And I do think the discussion of events was more nuanced and objective than today, the parody you've linked is actually a pretty good outline for a comment, better than most 140 character tweets.
Trolling was in it's infancy and at least labeled as such. Today it's organizations successfully influencing elections through social media. And I do think the discussion of events was more nuanced and objective than today, the parody you've linked is actually a pretty good outline for a comment, better than most 140 character tweets.