Misogyny and slut shaming in particular are so common on social media that thirst traps also function as rage bait, and the more transparent content creators are quite open about the fact that they often benefit quite a bit from the hostile response/QRTs (not just in terms of engagement on the regular social platform they are posted on, but in terms of direct boost to subscriptions on their pay sites traceable to the degree of hostile engagement.)

This isn't surprising, the negative responses are often from the same people complaining about, and with networks of followers expressing concern about, porn addiction, a behavior that correlates positively with both "being a conservative Christian" (probably not helpful on its own) and "being an active porn consumer" (bingo!), so the hostile engagement tends to also serve as promotion of the content within a set of social media users that is unlikely to be current followers but is likely to be interested in the service being promoted (even if they show public disdain for it.)