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HelpRe: Nameberry-BtN feud ++
in reply to a message by kudriashkajo
They're for-profit and presented as journalists, so if you buy that that makes them authoritative (most people do buy it without thinking), of course they would be "bigger" than the posters on this board. They'd have us as a peanut gallery. And there's no doubt in my mind that they are thoroughly cynical and don't really give a crap about the quality of their journalism, as long as their pages gets hits.
I doubt they would bother to respond to criticism on a message board on another site even if they do know about it. If they did respond, it would lower them from their perceived authoritative journalistic position, by drawing attention to the fact that there is something to be critical of. If someone posted criticism on their website, I have a feeling their web people would just delete it.
By the way, I didn't follow the link (not giving up any clicks to them! lol) but judging what's in it by the responses people have given here, the content is at least in part lifted from this board - er, inspired by things that have been posted here (and probably other boards that I don't frequent).
- mirfak
I doubt they would bother to respond to criticism on a message board on another site even if they do know about it. If they did respond, it would lower them from their perceived authoritative journalistic position, by drawing attention to the fact that there is something to be critical of. If someone posted criticism on their website, I have a feeling their web people would just delete it.
By the way, I didn't follow the link (not giving up any clicks to them! lol) but judging what's in it by the responses people have given here, the content is at least in part lifted from this board - er, inspired by things that have been posted here (and probably other boards that I don't frequent).
- mirfak
This message was edited 4/22/2014, 11:59 AM
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Agree about hit count
Their "popularity" rankings are based on the number of hit counts each page gets, which a) tells you something about what they prioritize, and b) demonstrates the lack of accuracy on the site. Maybe Katniss was the third or whatever most hit name last year... that doesn't mean it was the most favorite. It means that it was brought to the mainstream and nobody had ever heard of it before, so they googled it.
Their "popularity" rankings are based on the number of hit counts each page gets, which a) tells you something about what they prioritize, and b) demonstrates the lack of accuracy on the site. Maybe Katniss was the third or whatever most hit name last year... that doesn't mean it was the most favorite. It means that it was brought to the mainstream and nobody had ever heard of it before, so they googled it.
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