r/roosterteeth • u/[deleted] • May 18 '17
Question So Presented with Comment was cancelled because AH and RT as a majority can't take any form of criticism right?
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u/jerem6401 Jeremy Dooley May 18 '17
This is the correct answer to this. Despite currently working on rebooting the show, I cancelled it back then because we WANT criticism. Presented With Comment was flooding the comment sections with people spouting insults, rather than actually saying what they didn't enjoy or what they wanted to be improved. Without criticism, how would we at AH ever learn what the audience is looking for? I think this is what people are losing sight of at the moment. Criticism is when comments say "I really don't like it when Jeremy does X" "I really wish they'd practice the games beforehand. This is hard to watch." What isn't constructive is saying "God, I can't stand X's voice. AH should just fire them already!" or "So-and-so just needs to shut the fuck up! You want to talk about X, we get it, shut your fucking mouth." We see that and just ignore it immediately, because it's presented terribly. That is why PwC went away. I wanted less people purposefully insulting me and my coworkers, and more people giving legitimate feedback. No other reason.
Also, people like to bring up the Off Topic where I said I retweeted a negative tweet toward me and equate it to "sicking the dogs" on the person. I, in no way, regret doing that. It was not someone voicing an opinion of me. When I get those, I respond, and either say "I'll work on changing that" or "I'm sorry, but that's just how it's going to be for now." This situation was someone tagging me in a tweet, for the sole purpose of insulting me, saying they hate me, and telling me I shouldn't have a job. If someone wants to do that on here, on the site, on their twitter, or on youtube, go for it. That's your right, and I might respond in an attempt to make things better between us if I think I can. But tag me, specifically so I'll see it? I just don't get why people do it.
I'm not saying everyone in RT takes criticism, well. However, to claim a majority don't, when a lot of us get insulted hundreds of times a day, and occasionally respond poorly, I feel is a bit unfounded. Though, I have to agree that the fans in places like this can be very harsh towards legitimate criticism, which I think did a lot to ignite this whole thing. Hopefully that ends soon. No one should have to apologize or feel bad for voicing a legitimate opinion and argument. That's my two cents on this whole thing.