There was this time when nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqsrcgh979ychudzrha7asxa7kvennpghghzzadmv5gcunfw5p72qsx8cc5z (nprofile…cc5z) said that Mastodon's brand was anger and it really struck a chord and stuck with me ever since.
The easiest way to get traction here is still through outrage (no need for a rec algorithm), and people do fall for the dopamine kick. Hell, even this post is a sort of a baity outrage post, but it does suck to see a FOSS project posting its progress report here and half of the replies are cheapshot criticism.