Just saying that others, in that thread, claim to have experienced more negative interactions that are probably coloring the discussions on this front. I doubt if he was well liked by the masses to begin with the discussion goes that way. Shaded by prior experience. I'd also argue invent has a different meaning than developed or built up (both of which are probably more appropriate for what the statement was) and if your job was writing and editorial you know the words you're using.
Anyway, Reddit is a ruder website than many. "Snarky ****", "Wanker", etc. are dramatically tamer than others get even if they probably don't need to be said.
Edit: The one other thing that was a bit of an eye roller was the "I knew from the moment I read her clips that she'd..." phrasing. So, that's much more of a personal pet peeve, but generally when you're praising someone else you really don't want to bring it back to yourself. I've done a decent amount of superlative writing about other folks in a business capacity and it just makes it look like you're patting yourself on the back when you do it: LOOK WHO I FOUND AND I KNEW IT. I don't think that's what he was doing here but it was the initial emotional feeling it gave off. People who don't like it should just ignore and move on (which I'll totally do now).
