Why are online opinions always so extremely polarized???

[Fritzo]

When speaking of something, nobody ever has a middle of the road review of the experience. For example:

Coke Zero:

"THAT STUFF TASTES LIKE MOLDED PAINT SHOVED UP A DEAD SKUNK'S A$$, THEN THE SKUNK WAS PLACED IN A SWEAT SOCK AND COVERED IN CHEESE FOR 6 MONTHS"

or

"IT'S THE BEST DIET DRINK EVER CREATED IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. ALIENS WILL NOW CONTACT EARTH AND TRAVEL TO OUR PLANET IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE A MERE DROP OF THIS NECTAR OF THE GODS!!!!!!!!1111!!1111!"

The Stone Cold ice cream thread brought this up. This phenomenon is what makes user reviews on CNet and Amazon useless. Nobody can objectively look at something and say "it's good, but here's a couple of bad points", or "I don't care for it myself, but it does have this going for it...". Personally, I think that it's because everyone is proud of their opinion and thinks everyone should share their view (kind of an "I'm smarter than you" thing).

 

[Acanthus]

because the people in the middle dont give enough of a sh!t to speak up.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
because the people in the middle dont give enough of a sh!t to speak up.

ya.

plus we all have huge e-cocks on teh net 😉

 

[badmouse]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Online opinions AREN'T always extremely polarized!!! I cannot recall ONE SINGLE ONLINE OPINION that has ever used optical polarization!!! Or if they did, it wasn't F*CKING CORRECTLY APPLIED. Well, once during a thunderstorm I had a loose web connection and I could swear that during a lightning strike there was some actual polarization happening on my screen. OR MAYBE NOT!!!!!

oops, sorry.

You might have a point. Or, maybe you don't.

Thanks for posting such an insightful topic. :wine:

 

[CrackRabbit]

That isn't polarized, spend an hour in P&N and you will learn polarized.

 

[Forsythe]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: Acanthus
because the people in the middle dont give enough of a sh!t to speak up.

ya.

plus we all have huge e-cocks on teh net 😉

In your face!
My E-penis is bigger than yours!

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
because the people in the middle dont give enough of a sh!t to speak up.

sometimes they do, but they aren't as loud, that's for sure.

 

[Rubycon]

Because the knob is loose on my polarity corrector. :laugh:

Turn the damn thing and the pot shaft (I think it's an encoder actually) does not turn but the knob spins so everyone believes all is well. Well look what you have done now!

 

[shortylickens]

I like the stuff in Stone Cold Creamery.
Kind of expensive. For me its like a once a month treat.
A reward for not murdering the dog next door. Another 30 days of holding the impulses in.
I dont see why someone wouldnt like it except for the price. They can custom make darn near anything you want, so you should be happy.
Like anything else thats too expensive, dont do it every day.


As for the original point: Since it is a forum, we are only meeting to exchange ideas, not to actually get anything accomplished. If we all worked together we would have to stop the fights eventually and get some work done. Working towards a goal can make people focus and forget the piddly stuff.

I am always willing to hear and learn more, but in some places (OT, P&N) the fussin and fuedin usually overshadows the interesting info.
I still learn much more by reading Anandtech than talking in the Anandtech Forums. I just wish they would review more of the things I like. I send a suggestion or two in every month and they do listen to me.

Also, with my Newegg reviews, I try to be as objective as possible. Even if I am a fanboy. I actually gave the Shuffle a decent review, even though I despise iTunes and eventually RMA'd the thing.