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Lovely story. Wouldn't call this taunting a hater at all, if I had to guess I would say that the person was happy that the magazine acknowledged him and created

Lovely story. Wouldn't call this taunting a hater at all, if I had to guess I would say that the person was happy that the magazine acknowledged him and created an inside joke together with him. This is how you make super fans for your brand. I wish more brands interacted with their audience in this human-like, friendly banter, playful sort of way, instead of the sterile corporate happy-speak as if the reply is a way to perform for an audience, or instantly trying to sell you multiple calls to action if you interact with them.

Solvency 3y ago
Or that the person never existed and was merely a funny editorial device to keep a joke going. Source: Wizard comics did stuff like this all of the time.
latexr 3y ago
> I wish more brands interacted with their audience in this human-like, friendly banter, playful sort of way And I’m sure brands wish they could do it without fear of being misinterpreted and causing a litany of issues for what amounted to a well meaning joke. No one wants to be the social media person that causes trouble for the company (and thus themselves) for being a bit too friendly to an unreasonable entitled prick. Heck, I’ve seen it happen (more than once) in a support forum context where someone is a regular and always treated respectfully and helped whenever they ask, but one day the support person is a tad more relaxed (read: less corporate, more open and personal) in their communication and the customer is offended out of left field. Which then becomes stressful for the support person and naturally causes them to clam up in future communications. Yes, big companies definitely take it too far in their frustratingly sterile I’ll-restate-everything-you-said-and-repeat-your-name-over-and-over direction, but “human-like, friendly banter, playful” is incredibly risky and not worth the stress.
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r00fus 3y ago
Blame our litigious society for making this kind of interaction impossible. Plus when is the line crossed between "friendly banter" and straight-up harrassment?
- flyingfences 3y ago
  > when is the line crossed between "friendly banter" and straight-up harrassment? I don't think he could call it harassment if he were still buying the new issues.
mrobins 3y ago
I think this sort of thing is much harder to do in the modern digital world. It’s one thing when it’s one-way, magazine -> audience, and the current edition is off of newsstands in a month or two. Once you throw in forums and social media then the public gets to shape the narrative.
- jandrese 3y ago
  The fun police have much more of a platform these days. Back when they were just writing letters to the editor their screaming was lost to the void. These days it gets amplified by the algorithm and may be latched onto by the most insufferable people who have an axe to grind or just crave attention.
iforgotpassword 3y ago
Agree, with "hater" in the title, I expected a 20 page manifesto discussing every little detail that's supposedly wrong with the game. That was pretty moderate and the inside joke this created is like funny little easteregg.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  Their about page suggests why the strong language. It appears to be a stylistic choice. https://ff8isthe.best/about/ https://ff8isthe.best/about/
tayo42 3y ago
Didn't the Wendy's Twitter account do that. Then the copy cat's were a little to try hard. Maybe I'm mis remembering.

Solvency 3y ago

Or that the person never existed and was merely a funny editorial device to keep a joke going. Source: Wizard comics did stuff like this all of the time.

latexr 3y ago

> I wish more brands interacted with their audience in this human-like, friendly banter, playful sort of way And I’m sure brands wish they could do it without fear of being misinterpreted and causing a litany of issues for what amounted to a well meaning joke. No one wants to be the social media person that causes trouble for the company (and thus themselves) for being a bit too friendly to an unreasonable entitled prick. Heck, I’ve seen it happen (more than once) in a support forum context where someone is a regular and always treated respectfully and helped whenever they ask, but one day the support person is a tad more relaxed (read: less corporate, more open and personal) in their communication and the customer is offended out of left field. Which then becomes stressful for the support person and naturally causes them to clam up in future communications. Yes, big companies definitely take it too far in their frustratingly sterile I’ll-restate-everything-you-said-and-repeat-your-name-over-and-over direction, but “human-like, friendly banter, playful” is incredibly risky and not worth the stress.

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r00fus 3y ago

Blame our litigious society for making this kind of interaction impossible. Plus when is the line crossed between "friendly banter" and straight-up harrassment?

flyingfences 3y ago
> when is the line crossed between "friendly banter" and straight-up harrassment? I don't think he could call it harassment if he were still buying the new issues.

mrobins 3y ago

I think this sort of thing is much harder to do in the modern digital world. It’s one thing when it’s one-way, magazine -> audience, and the current edition is off of newsstands in a month or two. Once you throw in forums and social media then the public gets to shape the narrative.

jandrese 3y ago
The fun police have much more of a platform these days. Back when they were just writing letters to the editor their screaming was lost to the void. These days it gets amplified by the algorithm and may be latched onto by the most insufferable people who have an axe to grind or just crave attention.

iforgotpassword 3y ago

Agree, with "hater" in the title, I expected a 20 page manifesto discussing every little detail that's supposedly wrong with the game. That was pretty moderate and the inside joke this created is like funny little easteregg.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
Their about page suggests why the strong language. It appears to be a stylistic choice. https://ff8isthe.best/about/ https://ff8isthe.best/about/

tayo42 3y ago

Didn't the Wendy's Twitter account do that. Then the copy cat's were a little to try hard. Maybe I'm mis remembering.