Contrary hypothesis: Stuffing an issue back into the closet, and shaming people for seeking help, makes problems last much longer than otherwise. What kind of evidence would lead us to favor one hypothesis over the other?
It's not a contrary hypothesis, I never suggested "Stuffing an issue back into the closet", as you can read right there in my comment:
So, if you have issues with gwern or someone else on #lesswrong, PM him and talk it over, or do it in the channel
Feel free to read my comment again, now without the desire to strawman it.
Hmm ... if you think "stuffing an issue back into the closet" is unfair, what do you think of "drama-queening" in retrospect? The former was intended as an echo of the latter, including the — rather odd, considering the topic — undertones.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, even in Discussion, it goes here.