Was it? We used to giggle about "fingering each other" way back in the early 90's, ask the Internet Oracle filthy questions, and compare notes on the Purity Test while we waited for all the uuencoded parts of our dirty pictures to download off the local Usenet server.
I'm not complaining, I want to go back to the internet being a silly place, instead of an increasingly hostile and damaging to mental health (and sometimes lives).
You mean "more willing to ostracize and marginalize those who point out obnoxious or harmful behavior", I think. Now everyone who can't read a room has an entire infrastructure helping convince them they're a martyr if someone points out they're acting like an asshole.
