What makes a blogger qualified to review a firearm product?
That they have the product in hand and have an opinion and a blog.
That is all.
Do we really need credentialism to start up among the gun blogs? Require degrees in weapon design? Demand a DD214? Should we discount the writings of the autodidactic?
When does someone's opinion become valid? What decides that? Do we have to pass a board?
Along those same lines, who made you the gatekeeper?
If someone writes something out of ignorance, would it not be better to teach than attack? Ridicule rarely leads to learning.
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Thank you for saying this.
ReplyDeleteWell said. I think there is a place for the detailed, includes every measurement and objective measure of performance reviews as well as the "I'm a newbie but I disliked/liked this...." type of reviews.
ReplyDeleteOften the beginner reviewing a product won't take for granite something an experienced reviewer does. Took me a while to figure out what comb and toe meant regarding stocks. Something that many reviewers cover but few explain.
Providing help to the new reviewing builds them up and makes them a better reviewer. I think that many people who criticize often seek to show the breadth of their knowledge instead of sharing it.
How will someone know if nobody tells them other than trial and error?
DeleteMocking the errors when you withhold knowledge is wrong.