LogFAQs > #943044384

Reading some topics recently (Jake Paul Youtuber one because it just happened) revealed a trend that's been around...quite a while actually. Months or years maybe? A heavy amount of posts are one of three things:

1. "Who?"
2. "I don't know who that is?"
3. Who is that/are they relevant/why should I care? (kind of a mix of everything)

When did they start becoming a thing posters would do? It happens often enough to be...distracting. It sounds like a dumb pet peeve I know, but I actually wonder about a few things.

First, if you don't know or don't care about something, why enter a topic or post at all? I would think the people who are interested in a topic would post or read about it. Second, is it a matter of people being genuinely curious about something or someone they don't know? If that's the case, is that the fault of the topic title or the creator not saying, "Such and such (YOUTUBER)" or "xxx (Professional Athlete) said this?" What I mean is, is the onus on the topic creator themselves to adequately describe a topic in detail or a person in general so most posters go, "Ok. Not someone I know, but I kinda get it." I find it does happen quite a bit with Youtuber or Twitch streamer discussions in places like this or Nonstop Gaming. In the grand scheme, Youtube and Twitch are NOT at all that big of things, but I wonder if it makes a person discussing the topic any less valid BECAUSE they are very niche.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm venting here. Call it a weird discussion point or something. Has anyone else noticed that trend, or even done it themselves? I bring it up mostly because it comes off as a form of trolling, intentional or not.

*also, pretty iffy grammar here. Need to stop that or edit it a bit*

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