> Mr Tomlinson, who dabbles in stand-up comedy, came to the attention of a hardcore group of online stalkers five and a half years ago after posting an innocuous tweet about the late Saturday Night Live comedian Norm Macdonald.

> “Hot take: I’ve never found Norm Macdonald funny and was pretty sure all my comedy friends who did were either nuts or screwing with me,” he posted on 11 September 2018.

Obviously that remark doesn't justify a harassment campaign, but it seems a little clickbaity for the headline to frame it as a joke. I clicked to see what joke so witty could tick people off that badly, but it's more of a mundane statement of opinion than a joke.