That's exactly their game. When Idler Wheel dropped, someone commented on reddit that they thought it was odd that VMP would put a 2 copy limit on something that wasn't a limited release. They weren't complaining, but commenting. Storf responded that he was fine with VMP losing sales, since everyone took his head off when Mobb Deep sold out. The commentor then responded by pointing out that those were two different situations, since Mobb Deep was limited to 1,000 and allowed people to buy 5 a piece, and Idler Wheel wasn't limited all. Then reiterated that they weren't complaining and, possibly, even thanked him for commenting. Storf responded that context doesn't matter and that everyone yells at him no matter what he does. He's a victim, you know. Boo hoo. So, I see this on my phone, and Storf's response is at zero and the comment from the other person is at 2 or something. I switch to my laptop from my phone, and within that short transition, Storf is in the positives and this other guy, who wasn't even being disrespectful, is in the negatives. Every comment just asking regular questions was getting the same responses. They have staff trying to silence comments and make them vanish.
That's the one benefit for them on reddit, to downvote comments until they are hidden. But it only works to a point and they have to move quick. They tried it on my reddit comment today, but it was too late. It was already way too high and the mob was already forming from this shit today. I did see a chunk of like 3 or more upvotes for one of Storf's garbage responses, and down votes for everyone on the other side, come in all at once, but that trend reversed and kept going.
Now he's responding to people saying that he's not really involved in the day to day operations. He just writes articles
They’re now saying how they’ve cracked my secret (it wasn’t a secret) reddit identity and have traced me back to me on here and are beginning a character assassination. Is it wrong that I’m kind not fussed what they think and kind of flattered that my dislike of storf is so important to them?