Not all criticism is equal in value, or in a vacuum.
Coordinated review bombing — as described in the article — distorts the purpose of a review average.
Im this case we have a well- organized group of people determined to hate on a show because it offends their racial purity ideals. If you’re not part of that hate cult, when they deliberately skew the average figure in order to make a political point, that makes the review less useful.
Honestly Amazon should probably give up on reviews and do surveys instead. And they and other studios likely do this for their internal reviews, which is why we see Wheel of Time and House of the Dragon continue on despite the vocal hate cults surrounding those shows as well.
> Im this case we have a well- organized group of people determined to hate on a show because it offends their racial purity ideals.
Yeah, but looking around it looks like there's also LotR fans who are offended because they feels it shits on Lord of the Rings. Maybe not the best motivation to slam the series with 1/10's either, but certainly less bad.
And then there are others who just think it's poorly executed in general. Seems to be a mix of things.
ninth_ant|3 years ago
Coordinated review bombing — as described in the article — distorts the purpose of a review average.
Im this case we have a well- organized group of people determined to hate on a show because it offends their racial purity ideals. If you’re not part of that hate cult, when they deliberately skew the average figure in order to make a political point, that makes the review less useful.
Honestly Amazon should probably give up on reviews and do surveys instead. And they and other studios likely do this for their internal reviews, which is why we see Wheel of Time and House of the Dragon continue on despite the vocal hate cults surrounding those shows as well.
TulliusCicero|3 years ago
Yeah, but looking around it looks like there's also LotR fans who are offended because they feels it shits on Lord of the Rings. Maybe not the best motivation to slam the series with 1/10's either, but certainly less bad.
And then there are others who just think it's poorly executed in general. Seems to be a mix of things.
unknown|3 years ago
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