Surely the grass would grow better with more son(?)

That is Fraunhofer who are the people most responsible for developing MP3

My friends set up a CMS by invite only (people we know IRL). Hundreds of us there and yet only a handful are active.

People want to be where the action is (more so than where the quality is). FOMO.

I find in real life they are just as polarized but not as rude about it. Both left and right friends of mine.

However almost all of them get the hint to respectfully change the topic when there is an impasse. Online the badgering continues unabated.