I appreciate the sentiment, but that is probably better reserved for personal interactions than internet pile-ons. There are lots of factors we don't know. Also, if we're to be honest with ourselves, internet pile-ons don't arise out of compassionate concern for the other. That's a justification that gets tacked on.
It's moot anyhow, because the main reason not to have threads go that way is that it does bad things to the community. Each time it happens, we deepen the pathways towards making HN nastier and more toxic, and since those are the default paths already, we need to consciously cultivate the opposite.
It's moot anyhow, because the main reason not to have threads go that way is that it does bad things to the community. Each time it happens, we deepen the pathways towards making HN nastier and more toxic, and since those are the default paths already, we need to consciously cultivate the opposite.