Hector Martin

the amount of Attention that retweeting can bring scales alarmingly. However I happen to feed on dark energy

That's true, but ultimately by posting on a public platform you should be prepared for arbitrary amounts of attention, no?

have you ever triggered the kind of mob that can come up in these cases? I haven’t.

I think the only time I set off a Twitter mob on someone was grsec, but he was asking for it with the blockfest.

I mean, you may be personally secure enough to be able to handle such attacks - I’m not sure whether I would be…

but quite a lot of people are not, and that shouldn’t disqualify them from using Twitter if it can be helped

This isn't really a Twitter issue though, isn't it? Anyone can find their low-profile public content suddenly popular.

It's kind of a risk that everyone who posts content publicly online ought to understand (though many don't).