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It's interesting how fast people go from hating[1] /u/kn0thing to love[2] him again [1]: https://np.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riama_set_to_pr
by ljk 11y ago
It's interesting how fast people go from hating[1] /u/kn0thing to love[2] him again
[1]: https://np.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riama_set_to_private_over_mod_firing/csqg24d https://np.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riama...
[2]: https://pay.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_old_team_at_reddit/csz1gcn https://pay.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_ol...
- edkennedy 11y agoAnd then Ellen echoed his statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/3cudi0/resignation_thank_you/csz1krm https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/3cudi0/resignation_th...
- ljk 11y agowhat is happening, not used to reading positive interactions on reddit with that account...
- unchocked 11y agoI think it has to do with how mob psychology latches onto whatever is bright and shiny. So a character with both pros and cons in the mass narrative is able to be demonized one day and lionized the next, based on whichever trait sparkled more that day.
- reustle 11y agoI think it has a lot to do with how he handled it. He immediately came out after making that comment and said he screwed up big time and was really sorry. People took that as sincere, and I did too, since it was really only a single comment.