I have often wondered with people who are quite extreme online whether the platform allows them to express how they already felt, or whether the platform makes them develop this persona. It's a shame really - having such a big online following should be very positive for airsoft, but he portrays a very one-sided and unrepresentative view.
it is an interesting question.
i used to think that the internet didn't bring anything new to the table, it just held a magnifying glass up to humanity and amplified everything that already existed warts and all.
but i'm not sure how much that analogy holds up on the individual level, what i saw with km is that his early content was very normal, you didn't see the headshots, rage bait etc just normal gameplay. then he had a video with a real occurrence of cheating, it went big enough that ad revenue was a thing, so he starts seeking these folks out to get drama. of course there isn't enough real drama to feed the beast so it starts with the small stuff, a photoshopped marker here, a mis-stated rule there. and the whole thing just spirals until the rage bait isn't even subtle any more.
the thing i don't, and possibly nobody but the man himself does know, is wether or not this would have happened without the need to draw the clicks. did the algorithm take a man and make a monster or did it just find a spark that existed and poured petrol to make a fire?
ofc blaming the algorithm is one thing, on the other hand we as a community have enabled this by watching the videos, engaging with him even in opposition, hell me writing right now is all part of the greater whole. ultimately the reason we know his antics is
because wether it be morbid curiosity, regular curiosity, rage or even boredom that drives us we watch the videos, even if it's indirectly by having other forumites post tl:dr screenshots.
