I'd be interested in a writeup of that as well. The cavalcade of stupidity and maliciousness that was the Verge PC Build debacle leads me to think some quite bad stuff has been going on behind the scenes.
You need to be an elitist to object to someone building a PC in a way that doesn't work and voids warranties and then fixing it during jump-cuts without telling the viewer? You need to be an elitist to take issue with the Verge using takedown notices to attack everyone who pointed out their failures?
I was not aware of the takedown notices but I watched a couple of the “response” videos and they came across as extremely malicious/toxic. I can see why The Verge would want to do everything in their power to counter that. There are better ways to criticize something.
Pretending to be an expert at something while giving people advice that is not only wrong but dangerous makes you fair game for absolutely any and all criticism.
