On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:35 AM, JW <redbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > PGage, > > My impression from what you've posted here is that social psych isn't your > specialty. I'd imagine social psychologists have had a lot of fun parsing > internet reactions. > > Social media and comments sections provide outlets for everyone. In many > cases, it's nothing more than "I'm right and you're wrong," whether the > topic is that killing lions is bad (or good), Obamacare is awful (or > great), Donald Trump is a doofus (or presidential), or One Direction is > great (or terrible) without Zayn. People will rush in to agree or disagree > without adding anything more to the conversation. There are corners of the > Net like this one where people carry on civil and intelligent discussions, > but there are lots of venues that seem to be about who can shout the > loudest. > > As far as True Detective goes, all I've seen of it is clips on talk shows > that didn't stick with me, so I'm completely agnostic on the subject. The > reactions I've seen from reasonably thoughtful people are that season 2 is > significantly worse than season 1, but, as always, YMMV. >
Ha. I do have a pretty good understanding of crowd behavior, which is why I dislike it so much. My question is not why do internet crowds act like mindless sheep, but why do they form around this and not that. I did not launch an exhaustive internet search on TD last night, but I did do a cursory google check. Of the three or four things I read (these were not drooling rantings in the comments sections of the dark web, but various pop culture pieces, and one of those inane late night "games" I guess inspired by Fallon but this one by Meyers) there was an underlying assumption that of course everyone hated Season 2, with only the most general of reasons why. I also think that S2 was not as good as S1, but that is not my point. Something can be less good without being disgustingly horrible. I guess I am just looking for a thoughtful review that explains in useful and insightful terms why S1 of TF was evaluated as one of the best shows on television, while S2 is seen as one of the worst. Isn't that the kind of thing we kind of expect from pop culture criticism? Or are we at the point that all we can get is outlets stumbling over themselves to reflect back as snarkally as possible what they imagine the majority of web-clickers already think? -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
