D'Angelo Wallace takes a look at the TravisAndTaylor subreddit

[just444]

Click to view

source

there are at least 5 big active Taylor Swift subreddits on reddit and r/travisandtaylor (not to be confused with r/taylorandtravis) really really hates Taylor and it's getting weird

D'Angelo takes a look and talks about the deranged world of snark subreddits in general

Comments

[maryjanewatson]

snark subs are legitimately insane, and it sucks that i see a lot of their rhetoric bleed into other places like here, twitter, etc.

being obsessively negative about a celebrity is just as parasocial as being a stan.

[epicdonald]

I recently discovered snark subs because there was a YouTuber who I stumbled upon because she made a video about crocheting. And then I watched a few more of her videos and realized that was an outlier, most of them were just her going about her day and talking to the camera about stuff going on in her life. And I googled her thinking “wait is that it are people really interested in this?” And discovered there was a very active snark sub devoted to just complaining about her.

Like it was weird to me that people stan someone who just makes videos of themselves doing normal person things, but it was even weirder that there was a hate community obsessed with this person too

Edit - didn’t mean for this to be a reply to you so sorry if it looks like I just word vomited on you 😄

[sirlolsworthy]

not my autistic ass thinking this seemed like a perfectly normal exchange lmaooo no wonder the majority NT discords don't like me

[epicdonald]

😄 well it did make sense since OC mentioned snark subs, but I realized my very long comment made me look like I’d just seen the phrase “snark subs” and needed to tell them my life story

[swissbeauty23]

reposting my comment from above:

idk I think it depends on the subreddit. the fundie and Duggars snark communities have legit grievances, as do those critiquing abusive family vloggers who exploit their children for profit, and some have even contributed to demonetizing them or getting them shut down. the 8Passengers sub, for example, was vital in getting more people aware of the crimes of Ruby Franke and her associates.

some subs also chart and critique abusive, predatory people and their shitty actions, especially those with fanbases who are either ignorant or in denial about said actions.

now there ARE definitely also snark subs out there that relish in just hating on a person and being miserable, or targeting an influencer in a pretty over-the-top way, but I just wanted to point this out!