Redditors REALLY hate it when you criticize something about their TV shows or movies
And I'm not even talking about large criticisms where you entirely dismiss their favorite treat as trash.
You can post just a couple of misgivings that are deeply couched in reassurances that you really loved the show overall, but it doesn't matter. You'll still get downvoted to hell, and a bunch of weirdos will come out of the woodwork to vehemently disagree with you on each and every point, line by line, arguing as if they've been born ready to die on this exact obscure molehill.
I guess they just really want you to say that their media is perfection incarnate, and that's such a bizarre mindset. They've always been like this, but I tend to pick up on it so much more often now because I can't help but compare that behavior to how people interact on Hexbear. Here we actually take care to charitably engage with each other's thoughts, something redditors are apparently incapable of regardless of how low stakes the topic of discussion is.
Consoomers base their own identity around the products they consume. When you criticize something they like you're criticizing them.
It gets worse when parasocial relationships are added to the mix with media. Now you aren't just criticizing the product they are consuming (and thus criticizing them as a person) but you're also criticizing their friends that live in their TV!
Yeah I genuinely think these people are just bots at that point. Making any kind of negative remark about new Trek on /r/StarTrek is like a bannable offense.
When social media revenue comes from advertising, the owners have an incentive to make the platforms amenable to advertisers. Or even to offer a favourable environment for a price. Not to mention astroturfing by the shows' marketing teams, etc. Social media looks organic. It's anything but, as you say. There's no way that they'll leave the good press to chance.
I got kicked from a film and TV discussion group on Facebook because I said the storytelling is so much stronger in the video game version of The Last of Us because it actually uses cinematic language better than the show
You would have thought that I told these people that I had personally murdered Santa Claus with a knife made from Rudolph's ribs
I think reddit interactions is what you'd get from youtube comments, if youtube comments weren't presented and organized in a way that makes them fully disposable and impossible to follow.
I have this problem too, there is some weird thing in my brain that goes pain mode when my treat is even slightly criticized. And it doesnt go away. Its pain for no reason. Argh.
And this is why i will never ever post about, or even read about my fav treats on the internet. I fear the pain.