A beware of the Cimmerian sign should suffice.

or is it a Beware of the Victorian era Detective author sign?

duh, anime site!

Beware of the midget Japanese detective!

Not entirely true, with the spreading of social network influence, more and more companies are trying more direct levels of interaction. Maybe not on a 1to1 basis, no, but many are trying to get a more direct channel through to their customers. (been doing my dissertation on the internet as a marketing tool )

I completely disagree with your terminology then, and I think to use it in that way clouds the issue. Twitter/Facebook etc are deceptively old fashioned forms of mass-PR. It is not direct (where you go to the customer), it is the ultimate form of "put stuff out there > allow customer to come to you".

I would be interested to read more of your dissertation, though!


Well, hopefully, yes.


This can not be dismissed with a blithe "sure", since this is my point entirely. They do not do it as part of their "job".

Either way, if they can handle it just fine I can't see why a dedicated spokespeople would struggle to keep a cool head on a forum. And if they can't, well then they should get a better spokesperson, surely? Obviously no one has to go on forums and directly address the passionate minority, but it's a sign that they really are passionate about what they do, and they would probably benefit from it as long as they could conduct themselves in an affable and professional manner (the opposite of manga's twitter).

Well, you could argue that it's just a sign that Jerome is too passionate about what he does, that he couldn't take reading the drivel that is posted in here and other forums at times. So it's at best a fine line, imo.

What's wrong, afraid someone will ask a question that doesn't paint Manga as the best company ever oh god make them president for life of all existance?

I don't think he was being serious with that comment, mate.

I was

Nobody doubted that =P

You never have given much indication that you enjoy a joke, Conan.

I dunno, I get a few yucks out of Manga's distribution efforts.

I have been meaning to ask Conan... why is your userpic so pixellated? It's been driving me mad for years

For real, It used to drive me mad as well. Now I've kinda accepted it and tend to imagine Conan with a pixellated face in real life...but maybe if we got him a smoother avatar he might mellow down too? It's having to look at that avatar every time he logs on that makes him so angry

My God...it all makes sense now

Punk kids with their polygons, I swear...