I agree somewhat with you, and it does happen, but in this case it is so alarmist it does not add anything to the discussion.

I must be on a different internet for the last 30 years from other HN'ers. That or a lot of people say really boring things that won't matter if they are on the small web or consolidated web. It's the kind of things that get you kicked off the big providers that also make you targets to get blasted off the face of the internet.