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.
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.