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Ryuu96 on 02 October 2024
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Leynos said:
Ryuu96 said:

I hate insider culture nowadays cause it's feels like they're popping up everywhere and everyone is so quick to believe anyone saying any old shit, Lol It actually makes me think how easy it would be for me to set up a YouTube channel and start grifting people with "my insider sources" I always try to use my own common sense and then make note of peoples accuracy but it's too much nowadays, there's just too damn many.

If it turns out I'm wrong then fair enough I will own up to it but I'm not just going to believe anyone just because they say they have sources. Jason Schreier is about the only dude who I will believe with 100% certainty cause he has proven himself as a legendary reporter, then there's others I have a good amount of faith in but even they can be wrong too.

Real talk though my sources say Jet Set Radio Remake will cost $600m cause Sega knows JSR is GOATed and they're throwing everything at it!

The first time I remember something like this caused a massive uproar and pitchforks came out in a certain community. Kikizo website. "insider" claimed Shenmue III was in development for "Next Gen console" in 2005. Everyone was so happy me included at first. Then was found to be bullshit. Dude lost all credability. Divided the community for a while.  Now like you say there is no accountability. It's lame.

I think another problem is the rise in YouTube and Twitter insiders, for Twitter insiders a lot of them are anonymous so there's no accountability, they get shit wrong they can just make a new account and move onto the next grift, they get shit wrong it doesn't really matter cause nobody knows who they are and they have nobody to answer to.

YouTuber Podcasters on the other hand aren't journalists so they don't have any "journalistic integrity" to worry about or any boss to answer to, they can say "I'm just a podcaster being told what I was told, don't blame me if it's wrong" and some straight up hide behind the fact that they aren't journalists to defend themselves when they get stuff wrong, Lol. 

So less accountability and a lot easier to claim you know something and get a big following, even with vague as shit "leaks"

Which makes me a little more cautious with insiders nowadays, too many grifting bullshitters.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 02 October 2024