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This type of reaction isn't uncommon these days. No matter what the outlet, be it a lobbying organization like the Authors Guild or a tech news site like TechCr

by yock 14y ago

This type of reaction isn't uncommon these days. No matter what the outlet, be it a lobbying organization like the Authors Guild or a tech news site like TechCrunch, people read looking to have an emotional response. This was demonstrated, and measured, recently in a carefully designed hoax about fictitious screws from an iDevice[0]. People are more likely to believe what is told to them by family and friends than most any other source, and the power of the social network is that the bar for who counts as a friend has never been lower. This is the beginning, a shadow of what it will look like when the worst actors among us in society really learn how to yoke the social network herd. [0] http://day4.se/how-we-screwed-almost-the-whole-apple-community/ http://day4.se/how-we-screwed-almost-the-whole-apple-communi...

majormajor 14y ago
And that's the type of reaction extremetech is going for as well with their headline, photo, and all. I wonder if the author was actually as angry as he wants his readers to be.
- yock 14y ago
  I considered that, and I normally ignore ExtremeTech articles because I think they're usually blogspam. This article actualy seemed to backup its own point. Sure, sensation makes for a good read and no one (most especially myself) is immune to it, but it's hard to ignore the quotations and Twitter screenshots that backup the author's point.
  - majormajor 14y ago
    I don't think the article's wrong, exactly (though I'm more sympathetic to the authors than the, er, author is), but it's definitely written in a decidedly editorialized way. I guess another way to say what I'm trying to say is: he didn't need to add any spin of his own (like the RIAA line) considering the quotes and screenshots.
shardling 14y ago
The Authors Guild is not a 'lobbying organization.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild

by yock 14y ago

majormajor 14y ago

And that's the type of reaction extremetech is going for as well with their headline, photo, and all. I wonder if the author was actually as angry as he wants his readers to be.

yock 14y ago
I considered that, and I normally ignore ExtremeTech articles because I think they're usually blogspam. This article actualy seemed to backup its own point. Sure, sensation makes for a good read and no one (most especially myself) is immune to it, but it's hard to ignore the quotations and Twitter screenshots that backup the author's point.
- majormajor 14y ago
  I don't think the article's wrong, exactly (though I'm more sympathetic to the authors than the, er, author is), but it's definitely written in a decidedly editorialized way. I guess another way to say what I'm trying to say is: he didn't need to add any spin of his own (like the RIAA line) considering the quotes and screenshots.

shardling 14y ago

The Authors Guild is not a 'lobbying organization.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild