The general problem is that there’s a lot of activists online nowadays. I used to call myself an activist, but now it’s a dirty word which I associate with obsessive behaviour, harassment, cancellation attempts and being generally obnoxious with the purpose of achieving some goal.

I think it’s a combination of religion decreasing in importance and social media driving people mildly nuts. Many undertakings are collecting “true believers”, turning into their religion and social media is how they evangelize.

Rust is a pretty mild case, but it still attracts missionaries.

So, the people are different, Western society’s different and social media’s giving everyone a voice while bringing out the worst in them.