@anonymouszomby You are absolutely right, but don't abuse that right. What a said above is a possible solution, certainly not the best one. I actually have no clue how to solve an issuel like this without pushing the brakes one way or another.
I think this is a very human approach to the situation, but a few cries won't help. About the teenager part I agree, and it is normal behaviour. On smaller newssites (Belgium) about complete other topics (with a very different audience in age and perspectives) I've noticed same patterns, and yes the "not allowed to comment" is the easiest way for a webmaster to control the problem. Unfortunatly it doesn't solve anything. In contrary, it is a step backwards in the freedom of speech, the fantastic medium called internet.
Ironically I fear that the many frustrated people who post such unpleasant comments won't even take the time to watch an entire episode of a subject (I mean 5 minutes, come on!). The internet users that receive this message are the more moderate ones.
How I see change is kinda radical. It makes it more personal, but also more strict. If people have a real identity linked to their real ID they will behave differently. Sadly it will be an easy step to create internet police and the internet goes sour again...
Or will it? In life escapism is important, but you shouldn't forget you are not the only being alive. If you do think so, think again. I believe in the saying: "your freedom stops where another one starts", meaning that you can do a lot of things (behaviour like) but must keep in mind that you can't harm other people with your actions. So for a while, a little "control" might be a OK thing? I mean, it's not like the NSA isn't doing it already, right?
Respect that you dared to say that Johnny! Journalism is a tough job indeed (certainly on the anonymous internet...). If it means anything: you created Feedbackula to criticize human behaviour (consumers and developers), so in this case you could find some cynical strenght in it?
I don't always agree with scores, but like you said in the show, it's all subjective!
Don't get a burn-out by a few sheeps please. I know that there are many viewers of this program (gamespot in general) that might not give often comments, but do know the term "ethics".
Oh, btw. Gta 2 had one line.. What was it again? "Respect is everything", isn't it?
It feels like a complete ripoff. I bought the season pass for DC characters. Although scorpion looks cool, I have that character on mk9. It had to be a secret free character, but not a 4/5 dollar steal. Do I care that I can play the character half a week earlier than the non season pass persons... I wanted martian manhunter or something (Zatanna anybody?).
What is Ed Boon doing anyhow? Making polls on twitter, while the dlc characters were decided long before the game was available...
I call this dishonest, injustice. Probably won't buy the next Netherrealm game.. But then again I'm just one tiny customer so who cares.
@edant79 @demondogx The rights may be better, but if they get worse over the years, you need to step up against it... or do you want to end up like the 10 dollar buck countries?
@echolimaromeo It's wrong to think that people in charge can do however they please. A human should respect another human, certainly if he/she strives for the same goals. Finding a good job these days, in your education degree, isn't always that easy.
The decision of EA (about no new titles) is actually bad news for the American and Europe Wii u gamers. It's like hitting someone in the face and then knifing them afterwards by saying that the console sucks.
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