I am so glad to be present for the early stages of this kind of emergent support network. Recent examples from Reddit (who often choose to support people with no "internet standing"), job offers here at HN, and the intense support people like myself have received over at MetaFilter are almost totally unprecedented. And I'm not even going to bring up Anonymous.
Now that I'm in a decent employment situation, I plan to share that $ecurity with people like GeoHot whenever possible. Cheers to everyone involved, this is great news in a sea of awful.
Completely OT: but I would suggest that one of the options for people who have problems in their lives is to search through MetaFilter for "prior art" and the surrounding support/advice.
It took me a little while to accept that my problems were far from unique, and once I got over that and reached out (as a lurker - I only read through archives, didn't post anything), I'd go so far as to say that MeFi saved my life from a downward spiral.
Now that I'm in a decent employment situation, I plan to share that $ecurity with people like GeoHot whenever possible. Cheers to everyone involved, this is great news in a sea of awful.