'Huh, that writing really is horrible' or 'Bad Comics Wiki is terrible'

[tacticslion]

So, I recently discovered (well, rediscovered) Bad Webcomics Wiki. Instead of just dismissing it, I decided to actually take the plunge and read a number of articles.

I've yet to find one that I fully agree with.

Some of the articles make good points, a few are even fairly reasoned, and I condone some of what they say.

The majority of most of the articles seem to be attempting to pass themselves off as intellectual criticism that actually comes off as standard internet exaggeration-cum-trolling about a comic the particular article-author doesn't like.

There is no sense of balance or professionalism to the reviews, they're all pretty universally "I hate this, and here's my story as to why", though many do attempt some level of objective criticism, with varying levels of success.

It was a baffling experience. On the one hand, I fully agreed with many points and flaws within various webcomics.

On the other hand it also goes into seemingly random diatribes and over-the-top rejection of comics for... not really much benefit.

I'm aware that I'm just missing the joke to an extent. It seems the website that is doing something like many of the Channel Awesome reviewers or The Spoony Experiment or other reviewers with reviews that are only half-serious or purposefully trumped up for the humor.

The problem with that is, as much as those videos can be over-the-top, too sarcastic, and nit-picking, they also (for the most part) don't engage in personal call-outs and rather unpleasant behavior toward specific people, and it doesn't come off nearly as well in text as it does in person - the tonal emptiness of text in this context comes off (to me) as hostile and honest instead of humorous.

I'd genuinely like to see more honest reviews out of the site, actually comparing what makes a comic work or doesn't.

The current dynamic doesn't seem to work that way, however: from what I can tell, it's basically, post a review on the forum, and if anyone agrees with you at all, you get it posted.

I've read them, but I'm just not getting into them.

Does anyone have any experience with them? Are any of you editors or authors of things there? Is there anything you'd recommend? Anyone else just not like it?