An Apology for the Internet — From the People Who Built It

Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.

Whatever Happened to Civility on The Internet?

In response to Wil Shipley’s recent post about the lack of an iPhone SDK, a reader left this comment: I often enjoy reading these entries, but you always come across as a little bit of an a**hole. Full of yourself, overly critical and a bit mean. Dismissing and

Annoying Queer People Are Not Why We're Oppressed

An apology to the closeted, questioning, newly out, and cringe.

W Social: Key Allegations & Answers - Alt Text

October 13, 2026 4:46 PM GMT

Bro what is going on

31 votes, 84 comments. Can someone please explain the backstory on this whole drama?

Bro what is going on

31 votes, 84 comments. Can someone please explain the backstory on this whole drama?

Objection on Twitter / X

Objection filed.— Objection (@objectionupdate) April 15, 2026

Did Reddit’s April Fools’ gag solve the issue of online hate speech?

Nations battled, voids came and went, and one million pixels said a lot about humanity.

Claude says “You're absolutely right!” about everything | Hacker News

I'm fairly well versed in cryptography. A lot of other people aren't, but they wish they were, so they ask their LLM to make some form of contribution. The result is high level gibberish. When I prod them about the mess, they have to turn to their LLM to deliver a plausibly sounding answer, and that always begins with "You are absolutely right that [thing I mentioned]". So then I don't have to spend any more time wondering if it could be just me who is too obtuse to understand what is going on.

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games organizers apologize for wrong anthem, transport issues

NAGOYA -- The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee apologized Sept. 22 for a series of problems in the operation of the sporting event, inclu

Korea sports body receives apology from Asian Games organizers over mishaps - The Korea Times

The top Korean sports organization said Wednesday it received a formal apology from the organizers of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games over a series of...

‘I Believe My Time at Reddit Made the World a Worse Place’

A conversation with former Reddit product head Dan McComas on the problems with Reddit, Twitter, and the rest of the web.

Sorry everybody, I failed with you 😔 · Issue #1634 · pedronauck/docz

Hi everybody, I really want to ask sorry to everyone and say that maybe I failed with the community, but has an explanation. In the last year, I can't give any support here. I really know that ...