Why would anyone who’s not a fan attend the convention ?
Where did I say it was my favourite?
Well, according to @Klopptimist, it’s the fans that now have a massive problem with the series.
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I don’t think you understand what review bombing is.
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Even if some fans have a problem with the series , Those fans are more likely to skip going to the conventions. The responses of the fans at the conventions wouldn’t be the true metric.
For every 1 person who’s there at the convention , There would be 1000’s who wouldn’t.
Yeah, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a boycott, convention-goers are a very niche segment of any fanbase, not to mention the issues of proximity to it, travel etc.
And it’s not a convention specifically for the current series, I imagine there was a huge focus on the past seasons, so of course would attract people who might be fans of ‘classic Who’ who don’t like the new series.
That’s like saying people who don’t like Discovery wouldn’t attend a Star Trek convention.
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And neither are the various nutjobs who never watch a show and review bomb it.
The metrics that count are total viewing figures (or more likely reach) and the Audience Appreciation Index which is an independent, statistically valid figure.
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Trust me, I do.
Who’s still watching it to leave the reviews?
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Who’s saying these people have actually watched it. I would think a significant number have just seen the negative criticism online and joined in the dogpile. That’s what review bombing is.
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People with so much time on their hands they review things they’ve not seen to crush it? Do you work for the BBC? Come on, that’s really pushing the boundaries of plausibility.
Yes, it is absolutely a thing. Happens with games (ie on Steam) as well. People love to shit on stuff even if they’ve not experienced it first hand.
That’s why I said you don’t seem to understand what review bombing is.
For a massive amount of people out there, simply being told something is ‘woke’ is enough of a dog-whistle for them to attack it.
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Now ask yourself why would they do this? Would you like a compendium of fan baiting videos? There are lots. The link you posted is “an” explanation for it. Could be that company X makes a shit product and gets canned for it. Easier to blame it on the internet morons who just leave negative reviews on things they haven’t experienced because they’re sheep. Might be a percentage but not enough to leave a sub 20% score.
And then we get this. Ha. Hahahahahah. Hahahahahahahhahahaha….
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8aorYEx2ZQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again
I would say the vast majority of people don’t write a review at all, whether they like a show or not.
There’s a whole ecosystem of youtubers etc that make a living off of nothing else than this anti-woke entertainment frenzy. Lots of fanboys that seem obsessed with the whole thing. It’s a weird culture war.
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If you think that everyone leaving a negative review on RT is a sincere assessment from someone who has watched it and independently reached their own opinion of it, then I have a bridge to sell you.
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Yes, just as politics became so severely polarised a decade or so ago, that same polarisation now seems to have touched other parts of our culture. It honestly feels like it’s more or less impossible now to have a good-faith, non-agenda driven discussion on popular media these days.
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How many times did you post critical things about the little mermaid remake (without seeing it) and inserted it into a general thesis about Go Woke Go Broke?
How much good faith do you think the rest of the people reading it assume of you given that it was shown to actually outperform your personal favourite, Dead Reckoning, you didn’t reevaluate for a second.
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Good to know who’s head ai live in.
What an absurd response. You have again hijacked the thread and demonstrated a lack of self awareness to question the existence of a practice you repeatedly perform. That is not living in someone’s head, it is directly responding to comments in a thread I’m reading that have yet again taken it into cultural grievance territory.
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