
Originally Posted by
Linq
Just want to chime in as a public service announcement for the purposes of educating how one should extrapolate information especially arbitrary opinion based information such as forum posts or in this case reviews.
This isn't me trying to massage my ego but to bring awareness that the opinion you read online isn't necessarily a meaningfully accurate reflection of people's real life feelings and please remember that internet opinions are skewered due to the prevalence of vocal minorities or the motivations behind one putting in the energy into making that internet opinion. Take an example of say looking at a YouTube video and see the viewer to like to comment ratio. Only 1%-2% of viewers actually comment.
I usually don't bother with public service announcements for the sake of civic engagement but I am an empathetic person who want people to know that not everyone can be generalised and that I hope these reviewers doesn't make anybody jaded towards any Japanese WLs or any SWers that they see.
There are all sorts of people from the same nationality. All we rly see here are reviews on Google from whatever place. An online review can't be reflective of public consensus because reviews are first and foremost voluntary. Think about it, people are more willing to air negativity online than positivity but that doesn't mean it's reflective of how the real world actually is. For example, can we accept that people with negative experiences are more inclined to write a negative review than people who didn't have a negative experience? An example would be for every 10 negative experiences you may get 1 negative review but you'll need 20 or 30 non-negative (non-negative doesn't mean positive) reviews experiences for a review.
I've infact been noticing an increase of people and even organisations referring to opinions from the internet as a credible point of reference for reflecting general consensus. Firstly you must understand what makes an opinion from the real world moreso credible is that there's liable e.g. your face is made known or your name is made known. An opinion online especially behind an anonymous handle is better off dismissed.
Also, I really want to chime in because I notice people these days are too reliant on what's said on the internet. You know, I feel people used to be far more discerning of the internet back in the day. People would never take anything said online seriously and with an increasing amount of lies and manipulation exposed online why do ppl still believe what's said online. You have to learn to look at the nuance surrounding what's said online.
Again, I decided to make this post as a public service announcement to counter act any potential feelings of disillusionment from anybody who read those screenshots.
Again, I'm not saying I'm trying to soothe my ego or what not. I just don't like seeing ppls perceptions become influenced by negativity from opinions on the internet.