Comment by fuzzfactor

Hate does seem to be on the rise across the board, even for fairly trivial things. About all one person can do is try to set a non-hate example.

Plus provide a corrective upvote from time to time especially when a knee-jerk robot is suspected, or a maybe it's an actual person where you can't tell the difference.

Sometimes it gets so bad that people hate it when you try to keep a decent article from plummeting under the depths of a sea of slop.

I think it's well-recognized that robots are more prevalent than ever and it doesn't seem to be making things better at this point.