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There is a huge societal issue with anonymity, or even lack of proximity when people aren’t anonymous, and a complete lack of consideration for others.
This is even worse when it comes to famous people/politicians/sports people, because often feelings run very high. And whilst I’m in no way suggesting that Steve King is a violent man (all he’s ever done to me is high five me after we scored in Bern) but I very much doubt some of the people who questioned the dedication of the owners would say it to his face.
Now if you want to go and tweet Cristiano Ronaldo that you think he’s awful and a coward to boot, he’s not going to see it. And on the very, very small chance that he does, he has people telling him he’s amazing all the time to drown it out.
Compare this with the tool who decided to have a go at Pope on twitter after he lost a game. Pope’s twitter is run by Matt Pope, and I imagine 30-40 replies might be the highest level he gets. So the likelihood is he’ll see it.
It’s not like the tweets at/about players are ‘didn’t think he had his best game tonight’, it’s ‘he's useless/go home/you don’t care’.
And if somebody you don’t know tees off on you on social media, you tell me what your reaction would be?
There are also people who have taken personal slight at the club not tailoring the experience of being a Devil supporter particularly to them. They have then emailed the club insinuating they don’t care. It’s the equivalent of your wife forgetting to leave you any food when you’re working late, and you accusing her of wanting a divorce because of it.
Lastly there’s the Inferno. I’m amazed at the lack of reaction to the admins pointing out that the toxic stuff on here is why they no longer have access to the players. It’s as if it being pointed out that the nonsense that does get posted on here being at fault makes people feel uncomfortable. There is zero chance that comments like those we’ve seen on here this season are anything but a negative impact on the team.
It’s not censorship, it’s a case of ‘don’t be a pr*ck’. Rant over.
This is even worse when it comes to famous people/politicians/sports people, because often feelings run very high. And whilst I’m in no way suggesting that Steve King is a violent man (all he’s ever done to me is high five me after we scored in Bern) but I very much doubt some of the people who questioned the dedication of the owners would say it to his face.
Now if you want to go and tweet Cristiano Ronaldo that you think he’s awful and a coward to boot, he’s not going to see it. And on the very, very small chance that he does, he has people telling him he’s amazing all the time to drown it out.
Compare this with the tool who decided to have a go at Pope on twitter after he lost a game. Pope’s twitter is run by Matt Pope, and I imagine 30-40 replies might be the highest level he gets. So the likelihood is he’ll see it.
It’s not like the tweets at/about players are ‘didn’t think he had his best game tonight’, it’s ‘he's useless/go home/you don’t care’.
And if somebody you don’t know tees off on you on social media, you tell me what your reaction would be?
There are also people who have taken personal slight at the club not tailoring the experience of being a Devil supporter particularly to them. They have then emailed the club insinuating they don’t care. It’s the equivalent of your wife forgetting to leave you any food when you’re working late, and you accusing her of wanting a divorce because of it.
Lastly there’s the Inferno. I’m amazed at the lack of reaction to the admins pointing out that the toxic stuff on here is why they no longer have access to the players. It’s as if it being pointed out that the nonsense that does get posted on here being at fault makes people feel uncomfortable. There is zero chance that comments like those we’ve seen on here this season are anything but a negative impact on the team.
It’s not censorship, it’s a case of ‘don’t be a pr*ck’. Rant over.