Panning for turds

The perverse and possibly masochistic pleasure of seeking situations that are likely to cause oneself to be outraged or offended, in order to be being outraged or offended by them.

"I just posted this cry-laughing Charltie Brooker quote on Twitter, only to get jumped on by tweeps pointing out my technical inaccuracies."

Don't worry about it, they're just "Panning for turds".