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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9255245" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Controversy with Wizards of the Coast and their handling of the Dungeons & Dragons brand isn't anything new and sure didn't start this past year or two. This has nothing to do with actual controversy and everything to do with YouTubers who are chasing every click they can by intentionally framing any news in the most sensationalist way possible and pouncing on every rumor so they can claim to be the first to report it.</p><p></p><p>This has gone on for years in other industries - YouTube channels focusing on the tech industry or media like movies or video games have done this for almost as long as YouTube's existed. The reason it works is the same reason why psychics work - People remember the hits and not the misses. Doesn't matter if they report on 9 rumors in a row that turn out to be nonsense so long as that 10th one happens to be somewhat right. </p><p></p><p>And that's not counting all the people with a personal agenda who are already inclined to believe any negative story about a company. Doesn't matter if it's true or not, doesn't matter if it's plausible or not, if a story can be twisted in some way to paint their most hated company in a bad light, it MUST be true and should be spread as far as possible! It's mostly Wizards of the Coast these days but not exclusively. But Wizards of the Coast could announce literally anything and there's a contingent of people who will immediately come up with some spin to prove that the company is failing and will collapse any moment and D&D will revert ownership to Luke Gygax somehow and there will be parades and everybody gets free candy for life...</p><p></p><p>It's frankly exhausting. "A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on." And having to explain to people, both personally as friends on social media and professionally as a reporter on the TTRPG industry, that no, the current rumor that makes no sense isn't true because of all the way it makes no sense and having to have clear debunking sources ready because just pointing out how a rumor is ridiculous is never enough because somebody on YouTube said so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 9255245, member: 6669048"] Controversy with Wizards of the Coast and their handling of the Dungeons & Dragons brand isn't anything new and sure didn't start this past year or two. This has nothing to do with actual controversy and everything to do with YouTubers who are chasing every click they can by intentionally framing any news in the most sensationalist way possible and pouncing on every rumor so they can claim to be the first to report it. This has gone on for years in other industries - YouTube channels focusing on the tech industry or media like movies or video games have done this for almost as long as YouTube's existed. The reason it works is the same reason why psychics work - People remember the hits and not the misses. Doesn't matter if they report on 9 rumors in a row that turn out to be nonsense so long as that 10th one happens to be somewhat right. And that's not counting all the people with a personal agenda who are already inclined to believe any negative story about a company. Doesn't matter if it's true or not, doesn't matter if it's plausible or not, if a story can be twisted in some way to paint their most hated company in a bad light, it MUST be true and should be spread as far as possible! It's mostly Wizards of the Coast these days but not exclusively. But Wizards of the Coast could announce literally anything and there's a contingent of people who will immediately come up with some spin to prove that the company is failing and will collapse any moment and D&D will revert ownership to Luke Gygax somehow and there will be parades and everybody gets free candy for life... It's frankly exhausting. "A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on." And having to explain to people, both personally as friends on social media and professionally as a reporter on the TTRPG industry, that no, the current rumor that makes no sense isn't true because of all the way it makes no sense and having to have clear debunking sources ready because just pointing out how a rumor is ridiculous is never enough because somebody on YouTube said so. [/QUOTE]
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