You just need stay strong padib, it's cruel out there, especially knowdays

The problem here is that you're posting in VGChartz comments section.

We can't police that shit.

I thought this about the Splatoon news recently. Definitely mob mentality.

Not every thumbsdown comes from regular active users

I never bothered to read the articles on here. Didn't really care for the whole thing and taking you to another site. haha I guess that's why they're changing them.

I think that the pitchfork mentality is more of a "comments" section thing. Read any noteworthy news article or blog, and you'll see some of the worse things someone can say in the comment section along with all kinds of stuff. They aren't really set up for conversation and discussions. You post a comment then forget about it. I don't bother posting comments to articles or blogs for the most part because of that. I doubt that the writer, blogger or youtuber ever reads that stuff.

So pretty much like the rest of the internet. The internet as whole is reactionary and has mob mentality.

That's because they lose their anonymity.

Its really simple, I thumb up shit I agree with and thumb down shit I disagree with. I cant always be fucked having a conversation with somebody, especially when it comes to blind ******* who dont listen to common sense.

You've got mafia on the brain!
A mob has gathered

I've seen alot of people still say whatever when it's linked to FB. Lack of anonymity deters some of it but not alot. It might depend on how the article is shown to 'em or how they came across it. If you read any articles on yahoo and see the comments section, you'll see what I mean. All of 'em have some good comments but the more people care about an issue the meaner they can get. Some articles are more of a click bait variant and those tend to draw alot more hate from people. Like "Black person gets shot again by a white person". It will get a lot of hits if it's shown on yahoo or any big news or blogging site but don't look for any love or anything constructive in the comments section. News in general loves to flamebait.