Textbook weasel apology.
His most recent post is http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2013-01-23-node
"I'm sorry If I made someone feel bad"
Not
"I am sorry. I feel terrible that I made someone else feel terrible."
Corey's apology did feel nicer, but I don't think that Steve's was a bad apology.
> Twitter makes it so hard not to accidentally be an asshole.
No, I'm pretty sure being an asshole makes it so hard not to accidentally be an asshole. Plenty of people, including Heather, weren't assholes on Twitter.