Crystalpall
the F2P PvEr
I'm creating this thread inspired by the rice thread. I understand it's too much for some people here to ask to keep the discussion civil, but nevertheless I still have a glimmer of hope things will be kept classy. Mods, please don't close the thread just because it might seem imflammatory, but if people will just turn it into a flame fiesta then I guess there's no point in keeping it open.
This is what I believe now: no corporation is bullied to do anything by people writing on twitter or facebook. Please think about it. The only thing they care about is money, and no online "outrage" will realistically bring their sales down by any meaningful amount. Quite the contrary, the controversy is just a fantastic opportinuty to get free advertising for doing nothing, and easy PR if you decide to change the name, the logo or whatever. It's a win-win situation.
I also believe that the "outrage" is actually on the other side. Sometimes the claims made by the twitter mob sound ridiculous right? Often when I read about stuff like that, it's mind boggling that someone might actually think that. But guess what, I never see the posts first. I always see the posts of people ridiculing the idea, people making fun of it, people downright attacking the person for their opinion, people (get where I'm getting at?) outraged on the internet.
Lastly, my personal conspiracy theory: some of the brands pay someone or create the controversies by themselves to earn some easy PR and advertising.
Discuss. Keep it civil.
Edit: I do have a different opinion when a person is being the target of attack online, as opposed to a corporation. But I posted the thread already so it might be too late to do a writeup now.
This is what I believe now: no corporation is bullied to do anything by people writing on twitter or facebook. Please think about it. The only thing they care about is money, and no online "outrage" will realistically bring their sales down by any meaningful amount. Quite the contrary, the controversy is just a fantastic opportinuty to get free advertising for doing nothing, and easy PR if you decide to change the name, the logo or whatever. It's a win-win situation.
I also believe that the "outrage" is actually on the other side. Sometimes the claims made by the twitter mob sound ridiculous right? Often when I read about stuff like that, it's mind boggling that someone might actually think that. But guess what, I never see the posts first. I always see the posts of people ridiculing the idea, people making fun of it, people downright attacking the person for their opinion, people (get where I'm getting at?) outraged on the internet.
Lastly, my personal conspiracy theory: some of the brands pay someone or create the controversies by themselves to earn some easy PR and advertising.
Discuss. Keep it civil.
Edit: I do have a different opinion when a person is being the target of attack online, as opposed to a corporation. But I posted the thread already so it might be too late to do a writeup now.