"There were a half dozen or so subreddit communities that I had never heard of before that had posts sitting on the front page of Reddit. The common thread among all of them seemed to be rooted in getting angry at or mocking other people. … The first one that I noticed was /r/MurderedByWords, which featured screenshots of social media interactions containing a "response which completely destroys the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply." There was /r/PublicFreakout, "dedicated to people freaking out, melting down, losing their cool, or being weird in public." Perhaps needing the least explanation was /r/IAmATotalPieceOfShit, where users post social media screenshots or videos of others who they think fit the namesake for the community. Meanwhile, over in /r/IAmVerySmart, the users mock "people trying too hard to look smart.""
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Jacob Desforges: You Should Quit Reddit, ch. 9: "The Rise of Outrage Porn". Independently published (2023). .
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