Really that's social media in general. It is fun sometimes going to /politics and posting bad news. I also like to post stuff that is on the edge or focuses on someone other than trump to watch the shit show of bots and shills.

Not just reddit, the whole left. They just want positive confirmation bias. News people knows this. The headlines are worse than those clickbait videos on YouTube.

Most people in general. That's why they have news feeds put the worst headlines possible up in notifications. Most people believe they are informed as long as they have some connection to the news, even if it's just a headline.