It does, however, demonstrate just how much ill will Reddit has engendered towards itself that it was so easy to trigger the publication of such a story on (what I think is) not an entirely unknown or untrusted site. The frustration levels with Reddit are running high, and it doesn’t take much to spark more animosity towards the site.
Frustration/anger is an easy emotion to provoke. It is much easier for anyone creating content to get clicks by making people mad. The title was intentionally sensationalized to get clicks, which is just the world we live in. Youtube videos perform better when it is provoking, podcasts get more listeners, news channels/sites get more watch time/site views. The headline could have just as easily said “Reddit’s r/Aviation Moderators Temporarily Delete NASA Astronaut’s Image for Quality Reasons, Then Restore It” but nobody would click on that because it’s not a story.
Obviously there is a lot of animosity towards Reddit, but the animosity of tech companies is so widespread you could name any large tech company and make a sensationalized or clickbait headline.
It does, however, demonstrate just how much ill will Reddit has engendered towards itself that it was so easy to trigger the publication of such a story on (what I think is) not an entirely unknown or untrusted site. The frustration levels with Reddit are running high, and it doesn’t take much to spark more animosity towards the site.
Might be that reddit is nearing the trust thermocline , but i’d wager noone in middle management and up is aware of it.
Frustration/anger is an easy emotion to provoke. It is much easier for anyone creating content to get clicks by making people mad. The title was intentionally sensationalized to get clicks, which is just the world we live in. Youtube videos perform better when it is provoking, podcasts get more listeners, news channels/sites get more watch time/site views. The headline could have just as easily said “Reddit’s r/Aviation Moderators Temporarily Delete NASA Astronaut’s Image for Quality Reasons, Then Restore It” but nobody would click on that because it’s not a story.
Obviously there is a lot of animosity towards Reddit, but the animosity of tech companies is so widespread you could name any large tech company and make a sensationalized or clickbait headline.