I have to be honest here. Carrie never came up in the conversation for which I was banned. I simply got tired of day after day reading how great Taylor was at the expense of anyone & everyone else in the entire Country Genre. Taylor did this Taylor did that, Taylor farted today & it didn't stink, isn't she the most wonderful person to ever land on the planet earth. Well, I figured, no she isn't. There are other folks that deserve some press & the writers on CMT just weren't providing it, so I called them out & got banned for doing so. That doesn't change the fact that they are still Taylolr centric & the Swifties are allowed to diss everyone that isn't named Taylor for anything that doesn't focus on the little pop princess.
Interesting, and I think you're absolutely right.
I alwasy have to weigh other peoples experiences against mine cause I know my brain can get pretty focused (and narrow) when it comes to judging public influence.
And I will admit, I have gone to CMT and scrolled down and been chagrined by the amount of press they give specifically to Taylor.
Now of course you can use the common arguement "if that is what the active users want than give it to them". But, in the end you serve a small portion and your product line does not grow.
It seems to me that CMT would serve itself better not to play so many of its cards right up front. In other words, it's obvious that they are Taylor-heavy by choice. So just don't make that choice so obvious.
But they do, and it does attract the rabid fans to use the site as if it is their own.
It truly does feel like a taylor fest over there. So I just don't go. I assume I am not alone in this position.
When there is something to vote for I go. If not, no way.
I know what they are selling and I don't like it. Plain and simple.
But I learned when I tryed to argue with a radio dj about the huge promo for Taylor when Carries PO album came out and I learned one improtant thing. "He was just as frustrated as I was". The only problem was, I was making it worse. He was getting angry at me! He had a job to do and like it or not he was going to do it. And he did not like me telling him how partison it was.
So you really can't win.
I think we do our best in voting strong. And liking her articles.
In the end, staying positive is our only choice and our only hope against haters.