The majority of participants on the subreddit embraced the idea, the satire gave way and it was a flood of legitimate hatred towards consoles and console users.
It's similar to what happened to the incel and anti-work communities.
I haven't seen that here but I know what you mean in the anti-work community. To me, it's a call for better moderation. That behavior shouldn't be tolerated. I feel like way too often decent folks are asked to bear the burden of changes due to bad actors, which IMO is backwards.