Jessica Merizan wrote...
mattynutz wrote...
Jessica Merizan wrote...
Just so you guys are aware, my Twitter account will no longer be a place to discuss BioWare (at least for now). If you're following me there and that's the only reason, I suggest unfollowing me.
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Before I respond to this, let me stand corrected. Part of my point rested on the assumption that Ms. Merizan was a salaried employee and thus was being disingenious when claiming that she was not being paid to tweet about BW and ME. I will, however, stand by my position that her willingness to tweet as a booster for product was the employee equivalent of paying under the table. It wasn't necessary, but if she wasn't going to do it, then someone else who was was going to get the job.
Clearly the more rude tweets that people sent to her, and discussion of her twitter got to her. I doubt that that was the intention of anyone discussing that on this board. If she's only being paid hourly, then she absolutely should not be tweeting about this in her off time. It isn't healthy, especially given the heated nature of this discussion.
I find it interesting to note that Ms. Merizan didn't address me, nor quote my post, but merely referenced it in the thrid person. The purpose of this is to put a human face on herself while objectifying a person who disagreed with her.
That being said, this is another appeal to sympathy. It's meant to be taken like the kids found Mary Poppins crying in her room when they wouldn't behave. It is meant to soften the harsh criticism and make any percieved victory of the day feel hollow and empty. It is meant to make everyone criticising BW and their PR methods feel guilty. And I think that it has worked. If you haven't yet, you should take a look at the story of Napoleon Chagnone (the anthropologist whom I referenced in that long post I wrote). There are parallels to what just happened here.
To Ms. Merizan, as I said in a follow up post to that really long post., I really don't want to come off as a D-Bag, but it isn't fair to deflect criticism with hurt feelings. I'll add that, it is fair to be displeased with people who were harrassing you on twitter and you should never do work that you aren't being paid for.
"Mattynutz" - I am not disengaging because of people saying mean things to me on my Twitter or in the forums. I can take it. It's not because evil PR told me not to talk anymore or because this is part of the master plan to win your sympathy and attack you when you least expect it. I'm disengaging because of you and people like you. I won't say anything more than that so my words remain untwisted.
For everyone else, we're discussing dinosaurs and puppies on my Twitter if you're interested. You can hold the line and still choose to engage in positive discussion. <3
Ms. Merizan, thanks again for talking to us. As I said in my direct reply to you earlier today, I stated that I'd not understand the company backlash. I still don't. Your answers and conversations here, on the company's home turf, were greeted with nothing but pleasure and positive attitudes by us of the RME- and if that is somehow displeasing to the point you're no longer engaging with us, then I'm worried.
Especially when you're displeased to the point of singling out people among the consensus as a scapegoat (or not, maybe he did cause all this, that single user, I'm being serious here) to your reasons, whatever may they be. I boldened a very important part in your statement, in my single opinion as an individual. Then I underlined what follows, because it is a contradiction. Honestly, I'm not one to genuinely care about most things on forums, but perhaps you want to adress that. That is a direct attack to a person making a completely logical statement, for his own reasons, while he respected yours. He even defended you in his statement while disagreeing with you. He left it up to us to interpret his words, agree or disagree with it, while remaining civil, as we saw fit and did so far, and will continue doing.
It was not our gospel. What he said would not have so much consequence unless we decided to add it to the consensus in the OP, because that is how we're organizing things here. Hell, even my words my mean nothing to the community as a whole, and I'll be ok with that. The main point of me coming to these forums is still there and central to everyone.
The detractors of the movement can call us entitled to what they may want. We're the ones taking the criticism to our movement with a clear head and doing positive things about it. Hell, even the ones who gave up and took a refund have donated to child's play (or so they say, but I tend to believe them for the statistics after refunds were rolled out).
For us, it isn't even about the money, for whoever may think so. Everyone here has their reasons, but with a charity drive like that, money it ain't. And we should keep showing them that.
Keep civil and hold the line.
(I wonder how many pages blazed past, and if this is still relevant. if it isn't, i'm sorry, i just wanted to make sure this was not rude or detrimental in any way. I still hold Ms. Merizan in high regards for the community she helped build, the ones that gave us all our mods among other things)
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