The problem is that you have some weird conception of what “review bombing” means. You seem to be under the misconception that it has something to do with somehow illegitimate reviews.
All that it means is massive amounts of negative reviews in a short time. It’s pretty self-explanatory, really.
That’s the sterilized, literal definition, but it’s very common for “review bombing” to be framed as immature gamers throwing a temper tantrum. It’s denotation vs. connotation.
I’m not understanding what you’re confused about here. The suggestion here isn’t that they’re using the phrase wrong out of some kind of bumbling incompetence. I’m very clearly suggesting they’re using the phrase wrong in an Insidious effort to denigrate consumers. I’ve not hidden that at all. They are intentionally using it to make criticism of game companies sound irrational. That is the goal. That is the point.
They would do that because the video game journalism industry is extremely anti-consumer. They’re basically paid mouthpieces. Their job is to sell video games.
The problem is that you have some weird conception of what “review bombing” means. You seem to be under the misconception that it has something to do with somehow illegitimate reviews.
All that it means is massive amounts of negative reviews in a short time. It’s pretty self-explanatory, really.
That’s the sterilized, literal definition, but it’s very common for “review bombing” to be framed as immature gamers throwing a temper tantrum. It’s denotation vs. connotation.
It’s never framed that way. I know because people complain about it literally every time it’s used in this context.
It’s always framed that way.
Then why do people complain about this every single time the phrase is used? Can you provide an example of it being used in that way?
I’m not understanding what you’re confused about here. The suggestion here isn’t that they’re using the phrase wrong out of some kind of bumbling incompetence. I’m very clearly suggesting they’re using the phrase wrong in an Insidious effort to denigrate consumers. I’ve not hidden that at all. They are intentionally using it to make criticism of game companies sound irrational. That is the goal. That is the point.
I’m not understanding what you’re confused about here. What does any of that have to do with my comment? And why would they do that?
They would do that because the video game journalism industry is extremely anti-consumer. They’re basically paid mouthpieces. Their job is to sell video games.
This.