I have no interest in getting into heated back and forth about this, but I just want to chime in and say that abbreviating show titles is nothing new, and it doesn't seem like a big deal at all. And for that matter, abbreviations in general are pretty par for the course in our culture these days. I guess you could call it laziness, but it doesn't seem to harm anybody. And getting irritated whenever someone uses and an initialism seems like it must be exhausting. Curious if Matt Rogers also finds it irritating when people type "ASAP," or that the government uses the term "FBI" - after all, how hard is it to say "Federal Bureau of Investigation"?
Also, as a side-note, I find that longer thread titles make the main page look kind of messy and cluttered. I think it looks neater, and is easier to process, when the thread titles take up less space. So abbreviations help with that.
Anyway, just my two cents. Everyone is entitled to their opinions.