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Stephen Downes

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I think there's a really good and useful insight in this article, and it's this: "Even kind feedback can come off as caustic and mean when there is a mob of people behind it... The monster in this case is not one person, it was created when lots of people, even with great intentions, publicly disagreed with you at the same time." Once again, we see how perception matters as much as reality.

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