Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20160430010301/@comment-26427856-20160615043852

Scintillarescenza wrote: My problem with them getting it wrong is that it spreads more misinformation which isn't beneficial at all for a fandom like Vocaloid's which is already filled with an abundance of misinformed people. (Like that person who kept saying that Vocaloid is an anime on this very wiki) The reason people like in the articles Momoiro linked to react that way is because they don't understand what Vocaloid actually is (then again, neither does 75% of the fandom). Some people will eventually realize the truth but other people will blindly hate or overreact. This was the same issue I had with the Real Future episode video, it's just not objective enough. I completely agree that that's the problem. And I knew that a large portion of the Vocaloid fandom doesn't completely know what Vocaloid is, but 75%?! I didn't think that number would be that high.

Honestly I think a really good example of Vocaloid being portrayed in media is in the Elders React to Vocaloids. And then there's also Kids React to Hatsune Miku. Fine Brothers Entertainment (the account that posted the videos) actually did a good job of explaining what Vocaloid is. The Kids React one was made first, and the kids only got Miku. The explanation of Vocaloid wasn't as good in that video, but it was alright. The Elders React video was made later, and they showed Miku and Rin & Len. Of course I wish they would've shown more than just those most popular Vocaloids, but at least it wasn't only Miku that time. The Elders React video also had a much better explanation of what Vocaloid is. I get the feeling that people told Fine Brothers Entertainment in the comments of the Kids React video more of what Vocaloid really is and about other popular Vocaloids than just Miku, and then they listened and incorporated that additional knowledge in the Elders React video. And the description for the Elders React video has a link to http://www.vocaloid.com/en/ so that people can learn more about Vocaloid, something that I presume was also requested by Vocaloid fans for them to do. I'm honestly surprised that each group reacted the way they did; I would've expected their opinions on it to switched. But together the groups' reactions (I feel) are pretty reflective of the reactions of most people outside the Vocaloid fandom when people within the fandom try to explain to them what Vocaloid is.

I have to disagree with Angel Emfrbl on the statement "who cares if the​y ​get it wrong" because reporters, writers, and other people like that getting it (what Vocaloid is) wrong is a big misrepresentation. However, I completely agree with her saying "our job is to get it right." Of course we don't like it when news or magazines or videos say incorrect things about Vocaloid, nor should we like it. But it is up to true Vocaloid fans like us to calmly and kindly correct them on what they are saying that is incorrect. Writing an angry rant to them in all caps saying that they're completely wrong and should stop being a reporter while maybe including one or two pieces of useful correct information on Vocaloid gets nobody anywhere. We may have to wait a while before American (and probably British too) media correctly describes what Vocaloid is, but we can try to make that time come sooner by spreading the correct description of Vocaloid and hopefully teaching media authors the truth about it.