I'm probably going to have the most balanced take. Maddox used to be pretty funny because, as with all good humor, he wasn't too worried about offending people (hell offending people was basically the entire point). Best Page in the Universe was pretty formative to the culture of the early 2000s humor and it's pretty much cope to deny that.
Maddox started a podcast that was okay at first but quickly went downhill due to a combination of Maddox getting older and going soft, and getting entangled with a stalker, Dick Masterson. Dick tried to start a e-drama fight years ago, and since then had proven to be both a stalker and a pedophile apologist.
TLDR
Maddox used to be funny and found a lot of success, but he's soft and unfunny now. EDF users are coping by calling Maddox a has been but they are just jealous because they can't even finish a single shit post lest alone a best seller book.
Dick is a creepy pedophile and should probably be more of a target for ED article mockery.