Snarky, tear-down content

• http://www.wired.com/2014/12/life-and-death-of-the-racket/
• http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/14/the-gospel-according-to-nick-denton-what-next-for-the-gawker-founder.html

It's a common writing style because it's easy to do, and many people enjoy reading it because it makes them feel good when they read about others getting verbally torn down.

Humans have

For some years, I created that type of belittling, satirical commentary on my message board ToledoTalk.com, and my targets were mainly local politicians and the other commenters I disagreed with.