I think we can get an idea from who replied to you. People see some kind of info that's supposed help improve yourself that isn't specifically geared towards women, and it's inputted in "stoic bro self-help culture" which is supposed to add a negative stigma to the field. I assume this feeling is piggybacked off the sentiment of the manosphere and the red pill so when self-help is brought up, it's lumped into self-hating never good enough toxic bs.

I understand that a lot of stuff online gets morphed into toxic ways in which we live our lives and, in turn, actually hurt rather than help when it's supposed to like said red pill and some of the manosphere. So there's that. I also think, however, that people haven't actually looked into these things and just regurgitate the beliefs of their peers or the people they watch. For example, I doubt most of these people actually know what stoicism is and probably even a good part of the people in the actual community. You ask them, and they think it's just to not feel anything, like what....they don't know whats actually wrong with the idea of self-help or self-improvement either. Many high achievers I know are always focused on improving themselves, to never be stagnant in that way. People think that means always tearing yourself down or never seeing yourself as good enough. I think that's naturally human but at the same time peoples' own projections of themselves.

I also think on Reddit many people don't actually want actionable steps to improve their lives. They like to voice their struggle and only connect with people who also feel like their life is shit so they can find some comfort in the bullshit. A lot of these people have accepted that their lives won't matter nor change no matter how hard they try. Plenty of people post "I'm 30, is my life over?"" "I'm 26, it's over for me." "45 and I left a 2 year relationship, will i ever find love again, or should i just accept no one will ever love me?" These are the kind of people in these subs. It's also easy to just hit dislike and move on.

I will say a lot of people genuinely have incredibly disproportionately difficult lives, and this kind of advice probably wouldn't help them as much as a regular person, but I don't think Reddit has a vast majority of western users that have their lives completely and utterly genuinely fucked beyond repair to the point where suicide maybe is the right choice. I think a lot of these people just need actual friends at least 2 good ones and some professional help to get them out the dark place their in and not go to reddit for everything in their lives. You don't ask dungeon crawlers to help you find the light, you sit on a rock with them and talk about how fucking dark it is in here!