There are people with legit complaints about things, but when you talk about "The internet" as a whole people are going to take the worse examples it has to offer and use that as the measuring stick.
It's why more people ALWAYS approve of the President then the congress. Because the people being asked aren't going to ask "Do I like MY representative, which should be the only member that's any of my damn business" they are more likely to ask themselves "What is the most controversial figure in the congress and why do I hate them"?
This occurs with anyone asking about a group. A majority will base their answers off the worse examples, so yes both of you are doing this here. He is basing "The internet" off of its worse members. And they are basing the state of the fandom because of it's worse participants. A kind of group projection pessimism.
There are people with legit complaints about things, but when you talk about "The internet" as a whole people are going to take the worse examples it has to offer and use that as the measuring stick.
It's why more people ALWAYS approve of the President then the congress. Because the people being asked aren't going to ask "Do I like MY representative, which should be the only member that's any of my damn business" they are more likely to ask themselves "What is the most controversial figure in the congress and why do I hate them"?
This occurs with anyone asking about a group. A majority will base their answers off the worse examples, so yes both of you are doing this here. He is basing "The internet" off of its worse members. And they are basing the state of the fandom because of it's worse participants. A kind of group projection pessimism.