Magic:
Can be a Little Sensitive
Are you really
legendary if you can humiliate a nerd?
General
undesirable dating qualities are quite reasonable such as animal
cruelty, human cruelty, Snookism, etc. but MTG?. Come on, should
Snookism and MTG be on the same list? If you think so, then you're
probably a symptom in an American cultural blight.
Perhaps MTG players are more likely than Snookistic players to have
inadequate social skills. Although not as annoying and as strong
fist/face magnetism. If anything, MTG and inadequate social skills
fits into that often forgotten 'correlation is not causation.'
Do you think
'Toddlers &Tiaras' Moms would do a better job?
LAWeekly and Forbes pointed out, she was simply troll baiting.
The basic strategy in troll baiting is make a statement to garner
sensational, to the degree of venomous hate, attention. All
engineered to garb that all important view count number. Forbes
called Bereznak her out on this because let's face it: MTG fanatics
and tech blogs go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Just
less tasty. Oh, did it garner that number. First day of posting;
the view count was over 500k. I promise, no more memes. She
engineered a piece to strike the MTG fanatics back their high school
memories. While her friends at LAWeekly, do admit she might have
done some baiting; they do not condemn but play her as a victim.
Troll bait style writing is as respectful as campaign smearing.
Seriously LAWeekly, how do you fucking defend campaign smearing? Do
you really what the internet to devolve further to the depths of
yellow journalism?
Yellow journalism
eventually get us here...supposedly
The
more important issue at hand is what the backlash towards Alyssa
Bereznak tells us about MTG fanatics. Guys, seriously. Who cares
how a tech blogger said about her love life? And, are you not a bit
suspicious that she posted this love opinion in a goddamn tech blog?
Where us MTG fan/fanatics are more likely to view this particular
post. Granted, the post is on online dating but not about the issues
that are important, such as online stalking/harassment. Instead, it
is bit condescending towards geeks but it is a tech blog on the
Gawker network.
Gawker, in case you do not know, is a media site priding itself in
gossip and such. Hmmm, a pattern perhaps? There is no reason to
loss our shit over something as fleeting as gossip. But like gossip,
this love opinion is consequential because of the emotions attached
to it. It reveals a self-esteem issue. With the gift of anonymity,
we can lash out our anger without the backlash. But why should we?
Just let it be and go on to something better.
Also, Wired and CBS
condemnation of the post purely for the shallowness of Bereznak is
somewhat self defeating. Most readers can pick up on the shallowness
of her post. So, why do we need to point it out? The more important
question is: why condemn? There was enough of a tidal wave of
outrage. There is no need for their voices. If anything, they took
the bait and made it much worse by extending the spectrum of audience
that would not normally visit the Gizmodo. All this do is made
Bereznak and her bosses a bit more happy. Sometimes, ignoring a
problem is the solution.
Not how troll
baiting works
Posted by Richabob
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