Okay here's my take on this.
1. I should have been on sooner today.
2. There are just a minority of posters there who take it too far. Unfortunately they tend to be the loudest. If you ever want to go to the thread, I recommend doing so at midnight P.S.T. where things are slower.
3. It's a bit of a case of memetics. Someone goes a little off the edge - and since they are in an environment that may not punish them, they continue to do so because they feel safe and therefore that snowballs.
4. Due to trolls, the thread has developed an isolationist mentality in some ways. Some of the Miranda hate in the thread can be seen a knee-jerk because the thread and character gets a lot hate itself.
At the very least, the fans of this character don't troll
other threads, yet I've seen a lot of trolls and haters who are Miranda or Jack fans going into the thread and other threads and being unreasonable themselves.
That doesn't excuse mindless character bashing, but it's not like there's only one group of people at fault.
I also recognize, though, that the haters are a minority still in general, of any group. Like I said, people tend to exaggerate the problem because said haters are the loudest and they get more attention.
5. It's just a video game and people are acting dramatic. Don't respond to the people who are not reasonable. Strike up a conversation with me or someone else level headed and we'll talk Miranda in the Tali thread. Or just use the link in my signature.Or go
here.
Modifié par Collider, 19 juillet 2010 - 01:37 .