Almost every popular platform is filled with stan wars, baiting, and hot takes, particularly in pop and hip-hop. It's always "X artist hasn't had a number one in years, they're finished," "X artist fell off because they dropped Y album," or "YB better” it’s mainly inflammatory and engagement driven.

I'm wondering why, though. I don't really see people posting this sort of stuff in reference to rock, metal, or EDM when they rarely crop up in these circles. The discourse is a bit more nuanced on average and isn't as hot-takey or outright disrespectful.

Even on here the threads that mostly get traction are the gossip/drama threads, or some thread with obvious bait in it to get people arguing or make fun of the OP etc. more thoughtful threads rarely get too much traction. There’s also a lot of sales talk/chart talk like on Twitter versus anything to do with the actual music half the time.

One other thing I noticed, particularly in metal/rock (from what I've read in other online music circles), is that they usually speak about older bands or legacy acts with reverence.

Metallica, for example, has been releasing questionable stuff later in their career, yet they're still largely considered one of the best ever. In contrast, with someone like Eminem, there are people saying his later albums are tarnishing his legacy/discography, or kick him off of an all-time list. Hip-hop fans don’t really show the same respect to older artists and call it “dust” or whatever else.

I'm just sort of confused as to where this mindset and difference stems from.

i thought you said X fell off, I was about to say he died bro

Popular social platforms’ activity are driven by exposure algorithms to drive up clicks and engagement, increasing ad revenue and data reserves for extraction and sale

This means more engaging posts are more profitable, and the most engaging posts are indeed the inflammatory or elementary ones

Circlejerks and troll wars are forever

Cognitive ease

idk op but this is one of my favorite posts on this site

i laugh @ it from time to time

s***s pretty crazy

attention

Make better discussion threads then

Tell that dumbass in the rap is dead thread this s***

He doesn’t understand profit incentive drives the entire planet, social media included

We're all here to distract ourselves from real life problems

many of these guys come here when they're loaded

Because most people are stupid

did u read the op, they don’t get pages man lol

drake

my swans guide thread got like 5-6 pages nigga

What did you expect posting an industrial noise rock band on KTT?

You should try having some fun

You’re damn right check my pockets

People on Ktt like talking about music more than listening to it too

man they got something for everyone

Because the internet is predisposed to binary takes due to it's nature (anonymous, lack of facial contact, text only). Nuanced discussion only happen in specific places. Things are either the best thing ever or the worst thing ever.

Also this is why most people are online. I tended to naturally rarely go online whenever I was at my high points in life

We don't even listen to the same stuff anymore. They really made more sense 10-15 years ago.

i cant f***ing stand rap pages on ig/tw. corniest people ever

We thrive off negativity