Wow it's all kicking off in here!
Well I am going to stay out of the argument above, but I will say no I don't agree with the claim Sam is meaner, but I think I do see where your coming from and I understand why.
I think Sam has actually come off meaner in more recent episodes, but I think it is circumstantial.
One of the more recent episodes is iSpace Out, where Sam came off as very angry. I believe this to be not a totally accurate indication of her anymore (it would have been in the past), but her reaction to the space madness, being locked up. They were all affected by it in their own way, it just brought out some of those traits in her again because she could not cope well.
Next then we had, ah, iBloop I think? There was no new Sam in this episode, or Freddie. Just meaningless outtakes.
Then after that we had iWont Cancel The Show. Once again there was no new Sam, so the last perception of Sam being very angry resides in our brains having not been replaced with a more current, normal personification of Sam.
Then we finally had iBIBF. New Sam. To be honest she did not strike me as overly angry or mean in this episode, just her usual self, so I don't have anything to add about this.
Finally we most recently have iPsycho, where Sam once again, just like iSpace Out, was locked away and confined in a small space. She again, cannot handle it well, and her weakness to adjust to that situation again showed itself bringing out her angrier traits. It again, got to the three of them. So I do believe like iSpace Out, it just showed Sam in her under-pressure state, and not her natural demeanor.
To conlcude, considering all this together, between March and here now in June, we have had two episodes where Sam was confined and reacted badly, two episodes she was not in at all, and one normal episode. So the long gap between new episodes, and a lack of new Sam, may have altered our more recent perceptions of her, as very angry. So I understand that argument from that approach, overall though I think she has calmed down alot since season one and early season 2.
Edited on 06/11/2010 2:51pm