"obnoxious commenters"

I think it is actually a good example of how just breaking down any random boundary is not necessarily helpful.

For instance, let's say someone has an edgy blog.

If it's on something like the fediverse though, then that edgy blog is slurped into the same space as countless other things. All of a sudden, instead of being cushioned in it's own corner, it is viewed as an object of debate and anyone and everyone might want to get in on that.

Did removing that boundary help?

This opinion is probably not the end all and be all of opinions, lol.