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Reply To: The Cult of Lard

September 27, 2023 at 3:26 pm #1839259

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I think we may have to disagree on Discourse. I agree her titles are somewhat click-baity. However, she isn’t unrelentingly negative – she often points out positive things when she finds them. She does admit that negativity sells, and it seems many don’t get beyond the titles with her. I guess one’s opinion about Discourse may be the mirror opposite of one’s opinion of GW. Personally, I don’t have much time for GW these days, which maybe means her base opinions may resonate with mine, even though I don’t buy the hyperbole.

However, I think GW is big enough and bad enough to defend itself without the need for keyboard warriors calling her every nasty name under the sun! 😀 Of course if one is looking for validation of one’s opinions and one is generally a GW fan, then I can see how she may be irritating. And whatever, if someone lives by click-baiting on the back of a large company, then they shouldn’t get too bent out of shape if there is something of an overreaction from the fanbase of GW.

And that last comment makes me wonder. I guess the emotive content in debates often comes from those who consider themselves “fans” of a company rather than just “customers”. i.e. they believe there is some closer “loyalty” relationship. This leads folks to defend what they are a fan of, whereas a customer may just shrug their shoulders and say “meh!”