First, there is highly competitive for this category, between the two media: Allkpop and Koreaboo. For better news and article people might want to read on Soompi. Here are several reason why Allkpop is not a good source to get Kpop updates:
1. They use click baits a lot
2. The credibility of article is questionable, many article are made because some comments from haters, specialize pick to generate discussion and views for the site.
3. Many Korean people don't like Allkpop and think that Allkpop only show bad image and represent incorrect Korean entertainment to the world
4. Allkpop has black mailed an idol before:
Allkpop posted an article online which featured several nude photos of popular K-pop singer Ailee. The article claimed the photos were originally leaked by an anonymous website but as it linked to no sources and after several revelations were made, it appeared to us, at that time, that the website itself was the originating source of the photos.
These revelations include news, released by Ailee’s agency YMC Entertainment, that her ex-boyfriend apparently works for allkpop as well as a release by Korean celebrity news media Dispatch of a phone transcript which reveals that they had been offered the photos and had turned them down. Regarding the boyfriend issue, allkpop has now strongly denied that Daniel Lee (the ex-boyfriend in question) was involved in the leaking of these photographs. We cannot stand by and watch this website attempt to destroy this young woman’s career simply for pageviews. We will not stand by and watch her bodily autonomy and personal privacy be infringed on for the sake of advertising revenue.
Some may say that allkpop is just reporting the latest K-pop news as they are supposed to but we fail to see how publicising private and sensitive photos of an individual constitutes anything newsworthy. Even if allkpop felt compelled to run the story, the manner in which they ran it (in a post containing every photo, all branded with their watermarks right across them) was exploitative and distasteful.
If you agree with us you can also join us in the boycott by:
Unfollowing allkpop on twitter, Facebook, tumblr and any other social networking profiles
Not visiting allkpop.com and not commenting, liking or sharing anything related to their articles (even if they are not posted by the website themselves)
Sharing this boycott with your friends and encourage them to take part
As well as this, we have been made aware of a campaign to trend the hashtag #unfollowAKP
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