Rotten Tomatoes Issues Statement on The Bullying DC Fans Attempting to Sabotage BLACK PANTHER's Score
Yesterday day we learned that a small group of disgruntled DC fans are planning to sabotage the Rotten Tomatoes score for Black Panther. I know a lot of people don't care about Rotten Tomatoes, and I understand that, but it's the whole negative spirit of the thing that is the real discussion.
There's a Facebook event that was set up called "Give Black Panther a Rotten Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes" and they are looking to ruin the film’s audience rating and purposely spoil the film for Marvel fans. Rotten Tomatoes has since released a statement on what these DC bullies are planning and they will combat it. The statement reads:
"We at Rotten Tomatoes are proud to have become a platform for passionate fans to debate and discuss entertainment and we take that responsibility seriously. While we respect our fans’ diverse opinions, we do not condone hate speech. Our team of security, network and social experts continue to closely monitor our platforms and any users who engage in such activities will be blocked from our site and their comments removed as quickly as possible."
In case you missed it, the event description reveals what exactly these DC fans are planning:
"Given the massive success of the audience review rigging on the Rotten Tomatoes site for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and due to the sudden rise in those disgruntled with Disney business practices among other factors especially due to the corporate manipulations which created falsified bad press for the DCEU, I feel that it's time to strike back at all those under Disney and bring down the house of mouse's actions for paying off the critics that hurt DC Comics on film and for other parties affected by them.
I'll be making events like this for Infinity War and the Netflix shows etc so we can rally together to truly make a difference. Share this with your friends and all potential sympathizers.
P.S. If you want to spread spoilers to Marvel fanboys, use this event as a platform to inform us of targets!
It's sad that there are still people in the world like this just looking to spread hatefulness like. The fact they are also attacking a film that celebrates diversity makes it even worse.
Via: The Wrap