Psy gave a guest lecture at Harvard University on May 9 and when the announcement was made via the Ivy League school's Facebook page, it incited a rather confusing swarm of comments from internet users on both sides of the Pacific.

The South Korean media (Telzone) reported that there were a host of nasty remarks made toward Psy regarding his lecture at Harvard University. Then Korean netizens responded in full force. The result? The jury is still out on that one.

When Harvard University announced that the famed Korean rapper would give a guest lecture last week many news outlets reported the exciting news. On Facebook, however, internet users had a much different reaction.

Most of the comments appeared to be rather sarcastic - as many wondered what Psy could possibly have to say to the Ivy League students. One post asked what the topic of the lecture would be and responses were altogether unserious. "Butts," said one comment. Another read "Being a Gentleman." Nothing too harsh.

As the Facebook conversations continued, the comments began to get a bit more severe.

"Wow, I wouldn't consider him worthy enough to have the right to appear in such a prestigious and worldwide reknown University [sic]," one comment read. Another Facebook user suggested Harvard needs to reevaluate its selection process for guest lectures, "How disappointing Harvard! I guess Snooky will be next... shame."

And the American internet response continued as such, nothing too severe - no threats or racial slurs, more of a swarm of confusion.

In South Korea, however, one Facebook comment generated a discussion among netizens. A man by the name of Kangmin Bae addressed the frenzy of responses by adding his own two cents. "All the hate here... is it really because he is nothing but a pop star, or is it the hate against Asians?" Bae said.

And thus began the Korean response.

Telzone's article made it sound like Psy was a victim of a hate crime, but as the netizens looked into the situation a little further, their reaction turned out to be quite different.

Many of the comments on Daum attacked the American netizens, but not for the their hurtful remarks. Instead the backlash consisted of criticisms of how weak the comments were.

"I came in to see how hard Americans go with their hateful comments... but they're quite mild. They should learn from Korea in the school of hateful comments," read one post and others followed suit. "I think I've become too accustomed to Korean hateful comments... These American comments don't seem all that bad," wrote another.

Whether the netizens agreed with the comments or not, most seemed to echo the same idea that the American response was all too mild. Another user posted, "I'm actually quite surprised that the Americans only left such mild comments towards a trashy song deserving of harder hate. Americans are quite the gentleman..."

So, to re-cap the situation: Psy gave a talk at Harvard. Americans were confused as to why. Koreans think Americans were too relaxed with their criticism. And the whole thing can be summarized with one netizen's comment, "But why do we want to see the Americans' approval anyway?"

In the end, however, the buzz around this issue is definitely going to help Psy gain social media points in next week's Billboard Social 50 chart, so it seems something good at least came of these confusing remarks.