I hate the word ‘Consumer’ or I mockingly call it ‘CONSOOMER’. Because that’s to imply everyone in the world is just cattle, but with wallets. We’re no longer customers. We’re consumers now. And a consumer’s purpose is to consume shit, whatever is put out there. Got money? Shut up and consume, it’s what corporate interests and capitalism itself thrive on. Consume and consume.
‘Feed’ like Facebook feed or twitter feed or whatever social media feed. I guess mostly for the same reason as OP’s. It makes people sound like brainless zombies just grazing on whatever is ‘fed’ to us by advertisers/whatever the platform has been paid to push .
Holy shit, the feeds, the Fediverse, the feds, it’s ALL CONNECTED!
Except that’s entirely true.
I believe the etymology of that use hails from ticker tape feeds.