Sunday, May 3, 2015

POSITIVE POST - Netizenbuzz

You said that you wanted it, so here it is - Kpopalypse's positive post about the well-known Korean netizen comment translation site, Netizenbuzz!  Yay!

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Since Netizenbuzz has finally come to the party with the article that they owed T-ara in 2012, I'm going to reciprocate with a positive article of my own about all the reasons that you SHOULD be grateful for Netizenbuzz!


Observant readers will have noticed that while I've been quite vocal about some of the issues I have with the content on Netizenbuzz, I've never once suggested that people stop visiting the site (unlike Allkpop, who I've mostly boycotted since Aileegate).  Not only do I continue to recommend the site even when I'm critiquing it, I also consistently continue to link to Netizenbuzz articles.  Why is that?  Is it because I'm a colossal hypocrite?  No, it's actually because I firmly believe that Netizenbuzz is largely a good site which deserves praise.  So since this is a POSITIVE post, let's look at all the POSITIVE reasons why I like Netizenbuzz!

SOME REASONS WHY KPOPALYPASE THINKS THAT NETIZENBUZZ IS A GENERALLY GOOD SITE THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT OFTEN OCCASIONALLY

1. You can learn all about how awful Koreans are


Here's some of the things that I learned about Korea and Korean netizens since I started reading Netizenbuzz (hereafter referred to as NB to save me typing):
I think that all this education is a good thing because netizens are given way too much relevance, and learning about how fucked in the head they are is step one toward ignoring them.  I'm not just saying this now because NB posted a T-ara article with actual true stuff in it for once, I've always felt that way.  For anyone in doubt, take a look at where I thanked NB personally for her exemplary services in unearthing the disgusting trash of Korean netizen thought back at the end of 2012:

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It seems that I'm not the only one who has noticed her efforts - finally the word that Korean netizens are looking like shit in the eyes of the world thanks to NB has spread back to Korea, where the translations have been re-traslated back into Korean and the netizens themselves are of course horrified to see their own ugly reflections.  Naturally they reacted like bullies usually do, and NB herself details the various standover bullying tactics of Koreans to try and shut down the site's translations and/or pressure her to shut up - but don't listen, NB!  Kpopalypse supports you!

2.  T-ara's music is still good, and Netizenbuzz may have helped with that


Here's a list of some of the bigger groups that debuted around the same time as T-ara or had their bigger hits at times when T-ara was also having big hits, and what's happening with them lately.
Notice a pattern forming?  Yes that's right, most of these groups simply stopped trying around the second half of 2012.  These k-pop acts had already secured large core audiences by that point, meaning that people who were rabid fans of these groups would care about them anyway even if they released total crap (which they mostly did).  Now what else happened in the second half of 2012  - T-ara's bullying scandal, the incident that rocketed NB to fame because she was willing to go where other sites wouldn't and translate and give context to what was actually going on.  As a result of the scandal, which was amplified across the world by NB's many hate-articles, T-ara actually lost a percentage of their core audience... meaning that their agency kept giving them decent songs, to try to regain lost fans.  As a result, the post-scandal T-ara catalogue (as a group, ahem) is so far almost all solid gold: the bigger feature tracks "Sexy Love", "Number Nine", "Sugar Free" and "Do You Know Me" were all excellent songs for the domestic market, and even songs for overseas markets such as "Bunny Style" and "Little Apple" were above average, because they had to be.  Okay, so T-ara fucked up with the confused-sounding "Jeon Won Diary" but even that song was enjoyable on a non-musical level just because of the hilarious sledging of netizens in the lyrics... and arguably none of it would have been this good without NB contributing in her own special way to strengthen the impact of the scandal internationally and give something for T-ara's agency and songwriters to rally against.  What didn't kill T-ara made them stronger.  Maybe NB had nothing to do with it.  Or maybe... just maybe, they couldn't have done it without her.

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3.  The highlighting of international netizen stupidity as a community service is appreciated


Are you doing a psychology degree and need a case study in human behaviour, or perhaps you're just an amateur scholar of the human condition?  Maybe you just enjoy watching people wrest with their inner demons.  In any case, come on down to the NB comments section where the fun never stops and the logic rarely starts!  Witness as:
NB is the place where international netizens go to prove that they really are equal in stupidity to their Korean counterparts... and we should be grateful for it.  Someone has to store and maintain all that mental clutter, and NB is doing it, for you, for free!  If you ever need example of stupid online behaviours, NB's comments section has got your needs covered!  Just don't get too heavily involved in any of the discussions yourself or you may get sucked up into the mental vortex known as "netizen-rot".

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4.  Johnny Noh doesn't like Netizenbuzz, therefore how bad can the site be, really


Johnny Noh the head wanker from shitty non-news trash site Allkpop that I hope none of you ever visit doesn't like NB presumably because she's an ex-Allkpop employee who runs a site which is pretty successful and far more respected than his crappy site and that bothers him, wow what a douche.  Anyone who Johnny Noh doesn't like enough for him to actually complain about them in public online must be alright and is potentially a friend of mine.  Maybe me, NB and Ailee can all get together and go out for a milkshake one day.



There you go folks, four fantastic reasons to be grateful and happy about Netizenbuzz!  NB has given a lot to the international k-pop fan community and she also seems to be going through a tough time right now with nasty Korean netizens bullying her so don't forget to visit her site sometime soonish and show her some love!  Tell her that Kpopalypse sent you, don't forget to say thank you for the T-ara article, and take a stand against the hurtful cyberbullying she's experiencing!  After all, she'd do the same for you... especially if you were a member of an idol group who was being unfairly victimised.  Okay, so it might take her two and a half years but she'll get around to it eventually.

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9 comments:

  1. next up, "HIV is great for weight loss" and "how Hitler solved future overpopulation"

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    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFSjpUF_8dw

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  2. Would you let Martina peg you?

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  3. Ah yes, the comments section on NB is almost as bad if not equal to the ones given by actual Korean Netizens.

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  4. I've always found it a bit humourous that AsianJunkie(disclaimer: which is amazing) and NB have the exact same people in their comment sections

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  5. How much did she pay u to make this post

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