Unless there was a shitstorm I didn't hear about, or someone referred to one of the mods as a 'poopooface' I'm not sure what they could get upset about.
Other than the size of the thread.
Other forums I'm on often have a 'daily woots' or 'things that don't shit me' or somesuch thread to counter the negative one. Though the shits me thread is usually bigger by a factor of.....fuck knows.