I wonder if someone’s formalized an axiom that in any internet forum post about something popular, someone will feel the need to not add to the conversation but to declare that they personally didn’t like it and that it’s bizzare others did.
It’s a strange impulse but you see it over and over again.
I’m guilty of that but i always do it when i actually hated something and I’m politely downplaying how shite I thought it was.
I think this is essentially a statistics thing; any online collection of people will tend to have a normal distribution spread from hate to love for the subject matter.
The person who hates it the most will fill an environmental niche when they see nobody has said it yet. But we have to work with the environment:
a generally-neutral comments section leaves only room to politely dismiss/critique one or two select aspects of a show.
a generally positive one allows people at the RHS (“LOVE”) of the normal distribution free reign to gas it up, but only affords to the biggest hater in the room, enough space to say “well it was mid. It was alright i guess. It was overrated.”
likewise a generally-negative comment section will see people who only disliked it start to convince themselves that they HATED it, while the few who LOVED it have to pretend it’s “just alright” for fear of persecution
So now you see, U7826391786239 is a trailblazer; his negative-in-intent-but-ultimately-rather-ambivalent comment demonstrates typical no-man’s land behaviour. With this comment he has spread his seed over the virgin soil of this online ecosystem and allowed the great debate to begin again on whether GoT is a good show or not
i’m not comparing those two things. i’m pointing out that the “it’s popular = it must be good” argument is obviously ridiculous when you apply it to kanye. or any other terrible thing that’s “popular”
Well to be clear, Kanye’s recent music material output aside and awful public behaviour - his musical content is absolutely highly acclaimed historically by listeners and critics.
highly acclaimed historically by listeners and critics.
if that’s a good enough reason for you, then that’s what it is. from my perspective, “listeners and critics” factor 0% into what i consider to be worth my time
I don’t really like hip hop (generally), I was just noting the reputation if we’re observing general reputation. Whereas in music terms, something like Imagine Dragons (for example) simply doesn’t have that critical reputation.
the entire point of this whole thread is “popular” does NOT automatically equal “good”
if your reasoning is that the music (or the show, or the painting, or whatever tf you want) is respected because “it’s respected,” then you’re doing literally nothing to support your position
I dont think I need to show evidence to support my statement, its common knowledge and I wouldnt expect anyone to try and dispute that Kayne’s music isnt considered good or respected.
I wonder if someone’s formalized an axiom that in any internet forum post about something popular, someone will feel the need to not add to the conversation but to declare that they personally didn’t like it and that it’s bizzare others did.
It’s a strange impulse but you see it over and over again.
I’m guilty of that but i always do it when i actually hated something and I’m politely downplaying how shite I thought it was.
I think this is essentially a statistics thing; any online collection of people will tend to have a normal distribution spread from hate to love for the subject matter.
The person who hates it the most will fill an environmental niche when they see nobody has said it yet. But we have to work with the environment:
So now you see, U7826391786239 is a trailblazer; his negative-in-intent-but-ultimately-rather-ambivalent comment demonstrates typical no-man’s land behaviour. With this comment he has spread his seed over the virgin soil of this online ecosystem and allowed the great debate to begin again on whether GoT is a good show or not
“popular”
man, you should see how i talk about trump supporters
You can debate the merits of the show but to give one of the most watched shows in history a “popular” just makes you look like a goof.
https://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html
kanye is one of the most listened to musics. fuck him too
Why would you compare GoT to Kanye?
i’m not comparing those two things. i’m pointing out that the “it’s popular = it must be good” argument is obviously ridiculous when you apply it to kanye. or any other terrible thing that’s “popular”
No one made that argument, though. The person you replied to literally said you can debate the merits of the show.
Well to be clear, Kanye’s recent music material output aside and awful public behaviour - his musical content is absolutely highly acclaimed historically by listeners and critics.
if that’s a good enough reason for you, then that’s what it is. from my perspective, “listeners and critics” factor 0% into what i consider to be worth my time
I don’t really like hip hop (generally), I was just noting the reputation if we’re observing general reputation. Whereas in music terms, something like Imagine Dragons (for example) simply doesn’t have that critical reputation.
What logical argument did I make that invoked the show’s popularity?
I pointed out the fact that the show is/was popular.
Thats a bad comparison. Kayne’s music is very well respected.
the entire point of this whole thread is “popular” does NOT automatically equal “good”
if your reasoning is that the music (or the show, or the painting, or whatever tf you want) is respected because “it’s respected,” then you’re doing literally nothing to support your position
I dont think I need to show evidence to support my statement, its common knowledge and I wouldnt expect anyone to try and dispute that Kayne’s music isnt considered good or respected.
Who on Earth has made that arhument?