inquiry

This expert on the alleged power of “@ people” wrote something that got me to thinking:

Or at the very least don't @ people and make things personal

I disagree than an “@ people” is what necessarily makes a post personal to the point of the referent falling to the ground in a gurgling pool of local hysteria.

Rather, what makes something personal is someone taking it personally.

I suspect the data over all online time shows that exactly the same sort of “@ people” post to different people has different results, suggesting it's not “@ people” leading to localized meltdowns, but the immaturity of the people on the receiving end leading to a tight while-loop of this nature:

while (true) {
  self.feel_sorry_for();
}