While you might be on to something I would say modern consumer vapid culture is th e greater part. Most normie online folks are aware enough to know something will be talked about, everyone knows the bear stuff will be talked about and have videos about and posts about all over when this comes out. People crave the empty surface level engagement with whatever is happening NOW and that is the reason it was added in the first place. Someone made the ancient dnd joke of if fucking a druid in form counts as bestiality and some midwit writers and devs said yes that is hilarious everyone will be talking about that, and they're correct. Expect the shitty thumbnails of playthroughs and more articles about how "the internet is going INSANE over bear sex!!!" And for it to have some trending tag and some astroturfed memes or jokes and ultimately it will be forgotten. It's exactly the same as Lady Dmitrescu, it makes people talk and modern culture makes their entire reality these small fake "moments"