i see your concern, but my impression is that they (the lolcows) werent ever really ideologically motivated like this? i never really spent time on that side of the internet so Im not sure if my impression is accurate or not
It depends. Some were just doing/saying whatever got the most attention (like Chris Chan, which is what makes that whole thing tragic). Some had a vested interest in whatever was being farmed. Zach S and his RPGs on Kickstarter come to mind. People complaining about the projects missing deadlines, then Zach would write 5 paragraph essays (not an exaggeration) under each comment ending with threats he’d subpoena them for slander.
Then of course you have your rightwing terminally online chuds who are easily riled up by anything “SJW” easily farmed for laughs.
i see your concern, but my impression is that they (the lolcows) werent ever really ideologically motivated like this? i never really spent time on that side of the internet so Im not sure if my impression is accurate or not
It depends. Some were just doing/saying whatever got the most attention (like Chris Chan, which is what makes that whole thing tragic). Some had a vested interest in whatever was being farmed. Zach S and his RPGs on Kickstarter come to mind. People complaining about the projects missing deadlines, then Zach would write 5 paragraph essays (not an exaggeration) under each comment ending with threats he’d subpoena them for slander.
Then of course you have your rightwing terminally online chuds who are easily riled up by anything “SJW” easily farmed for laughs.