The Sarah Lacy “interview” of Mark Zuckerburg seems to be the talk of the technorati.  Yes; she did a bad interview, she didn’t research her audience, she did not handle herself properly… but the audience didn’t help either.

Instead of suffering through her interview in silence, the keynote turned into a trashy chat-show.  Developers and creative silicon-<whatever>lley denizens cum SxSW goers reverted to a pack of trolls.  The self-validated mob-rule fog settled in on little LOLCat feet.  Criticism that was lobbed on Twitter bubbled up to jeers.  Instead of walking out or invoking a sense of decorum, Sarah (I can use her first name, she’s okay with being chummy and casual) was attacked.

As an outsider observing the oligarchy (that can easily turn into a kakistocracy) that is Web 2.0; don’t waste your time terrorizing this blog with comments.  Apply the golden rule to your analog voice and save the instant harsh feedback for the digital world.  Instead of yelling and slugging your mom, you may find yourself elbowing your sister at Christmas saying: “You were really mean to mom and her green bean casserole on Twitter.  The least you could have done was pointed her to the Thanksgiving-Preparers Facebook group.”

Link to a recap at news.com [link]