It's Utterly Foolish to Do Bad Things and Expect Positive Results
The deeply corrosive contribution of impulse-based action or emotional reaction cannot be overstated. It's a real problem. It causes conflicts and wars. It divides society. But at the same time, there's an element of human instinct in there.
The full impact of impulsive action is typically negative, even if it provides instant gratification at the very start.
In reality, long-term thinking is the practical way to go. It's more about logic than emotion, so it may also be about strategy rather than endorphins (clickbait and provocation are a short-term tactic). That's why many people are quitting social control media these days (both users and hosts).
We regret to see that some sites in "Linux" became LLM garbage, became extremely intolerant, ran out of steam for a little extravaganza, even decided to go offline as they depend a lot on bloat like Drupal. For many years, until 2022, Tux Machines also had an unhealthy dependence on Drupal, but this issue was resolved by going static and yesterday Tux Machines added 50 new pages.
The analogy I've used for a number of years was "doping". I'd often say that some bloggers are sort of cheating or "doping" by attacking the founders of GNU and Linux or by publishing false nonsense to get clicks. In the short term this may merit attention and attract an audience, but in the long run they become known for nothing positive. They then perish. I don't wish to name any particular examples, but one of them came from Microsoft and nowadays he's getting banned almost everywhere. Less than two days ago he wrote: "Seriously. This a real thing. The one word officially banned by GNOME. Apparently there is nothing, on Earth, that GNOME fears more... than Lunduke."
Well, he kept intentionally provoking trans people (even people who hadn't abused him). Then he wonders...
Honesty takes effort (mostly because it means deviating from corporate PR/propaganda, in defiance of what a perceived "majority" or the "many" say) and credibility takes a long time to build. It takes only a moment to obliterate.
If you do bad things, then bad "karma" will (eventually) come your way. So do good. If your employer tells you to do bad things, then quit. There are usually alternatives and contingencies out there.
There are many toxic people out there who, instead of tackling corrupt corporations, are monstering those who tackle these corrupt corporations. █