Monday, January 28, 2008
Author recants after bashing Mass Effect
Ahh digg - where would I be without you? Theoretically, I'd be sleeping.
Lawrence recants Mass Effect Judgement
From a couple of posts ago, I got all fired up about the whole bashing of Mass Effect. Granted I didn't play the game yet, but I feel that I was just. Now I'm not a big fan of internet attacks - they mimic mob mentality and what makes mob mentality so vicious is the anonymity that singular people are granted, something the internet does all too well - I'm glad that whatever happened caused Lawrence to get a little more educated about what she's an "expert" about. Apparently some of her reviews on amazon.com got filled with attacks from the internet community. I suppose if I were her, it would be simplest just to apologize rather than be black-booked by the internet (so to speak). For authors, I suppose those amazon.com reviews can really hurt your sales.
Lawrence recants Mass Effect Judgement
From a couple of posts ago, I got all fired up about the whole bashing of Mass Effect. Granted I didn't play the game yet, but I feel that I was just. Now I'm not a big fan of internet attacks - they mimic mob mentality and what makes mob mentality so vicious is the anonymity that singular people are granted, something the internet does all too well - I'm glad that whatever happened caused Lawrence to get a little more educated about what she's an "expert" about. Apparently some of her reviews on amazon.com got filled with attacks from the internet community. I suppose if I were her, it would be simplest just to apologize rather than be black-booked by the internet (so to speak). For authors, I suppose those amazon.com reviews can really hurt your sales.
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