@Akemua Koolio naming and shaming was bad, yes, but my point was that I think most
readers skip past credits pages. Most readers don't comment, either. There were a lot of people yelling at Koolio, yes, but it wasn't most people, just the minority who a)knew what was happening and b)could be bothered to type something about it.
I actually do remember now what you're talking about the the spell incantations. That stuff did make me cringe a bit.
Whitepod's music never bothered me. I just thought it was bad, and it was funny how bad it was. It was a non-issue, but I thought it was just another funny part of the Whitepod saga that would be a disservice not to mention. Also, this wasn't just recommendations, mind you, this was Whitepod saying he's into music production and stuff and then putting that out. People made fun of him because it was mediocre, and my personal thoughts were that it was bad and funny, but that's about it. As for the white knights, I'm just saying that was the general feeling I got from most of the people defending him, as they never really seemed to provide arguments of any substance in his defense (well, sometimes there were, but rarely). Also, at the time, it certainly felt like there were more people in his defense than not (lots of ecks dees in the comments). I guess that also changed over time though. I think when he started putting out the different versions of the chapters, people felt more comfortable saying how they disapproved of that stuff.
I realize my opinions on his music and jokes are subjective, but I'm pretty comfortable with saying that, for example, Corey Feldman's Angelic 2 the Core is a bad album. Are there some people who liked that album? Perhaps, but I'm still gonna say it's a bad album. I think almost everyone who heard Whitepod's music found it bad, especially with how much he hyped up his own music production skills. It wasn't offensively bad, per se, but it was sort of the thing where people came out in droves to make fun of him. As somebody who also reads a lot of web novels, I do agree with your point about work being put into TLs, spelling, and grammar over jokes and such.
And yeah, I think we can all agree that we're all better off without either of them. I tend to draw the line where they can't keep the memery in credits pages, since I'm somebody who will skip credits pages if they get obnoxious. I can see that being an issue too, though, and so I definitely understand that, especially when they get political or religious or whatever.
In any case, I think this might be a good stopping point for a conversation about two TLers who aren't even very relevant here, lol.