Things the "Internet" Ruined: Lists (and tributes)

For as long as modern means of communication have been around, there's always been lists that people use to state the order in which they approve of something, be it most or least favorite movies, types of people, friends, weapons, porn stars, what-have-you. But even before modern means of expressing these lists such as the internet, there's always been those that seem to feel as if they weren't thought of when someone of another background (and possibly of bigger importance to a community they both speak to) doesn't put their suggestions into a list. Such expressions include...

"What about...?"
"Why isn't [insert choice] on here?"
"You forgot (to say)..."
"(What?) No..."

Those are the people that forget that, while they have the free right to express their opinion just as much as the author did, they can use said freedom to create their own version of the list that they felt wronged by, because it didn't consider their feelings.

This happens a lot with artwork, as well. Say, an artist does a tribute to some 80s cartoon icons, and someone who had no prior input to the picture feels that it's missing someone that the artist probably considered, but decided to go another direction for any given reason. Maybe they couldn't fit them on the pic, maybe they never heard of the character you hold so dear. Or maybe, instead of complaining about what the artist didn't do for Your (self-imposed) Majesty, ask them if they could do another one with that character in mind, or some singular tribute to them.

As much energy as it takes to govern another's choice of expression in this case, it takes about as much to make a humble suggestion, or perish the thought, an actual compliment for even doing a period-based tribute ('cause we're still sticking with the example, here).

Some people are doing these lists and tributes out of their own free time, usually with careful thinking attached to it. Yeah, they run the risk of other means of disapproval, within the shallow realm of "this sucks" without a reason why it does so (triple that when posting it online), but hopefully those other people can learn that if you weren't part of the process, then it shouldn't be a question as to why your suggestion/demand wasn't met. Artists can be considered many things, but it's certain the greater majority of them don't negotiate with creative control terrorists.

tl,dr remix:

Don't like what they did? Move on to what you do like, and/or make your own. Maybe even as a reply to that one.

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