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Interesting/Spoilerish Tweets, Week of Feb 3
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Feb 6 2014, 05:11 PM
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In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
She probably shouldn't have done the fuck off but I thought "Aren't you sweet" was awesome. As far as I am concerned though, I am sure the show "orders" or "expects" the actors to engage in a certain amount of tweets every so often. (Unless maybe they are older, LOL, can't see Peggy McKay doing that). I sort of this for the actors because fans feel an entitlement with their subjects and I think the Internet has only heightened. Hate mail has been around for years but it still kept an arm's length from the actors: it going to the studio, technically they don't have to open it, etc. Angry tweets personally directed at the actors not only is in their face but is also in the face of the rest of the public. Its really going over and beyond the call of duty IMO and when the actors tend to lose it, so to speak, I don't blame them.
I believe the network's way of "ordering" actors to engage with fans is through the organized Live tweet sessions. Even when an actor doesn't have a Twitter account, he isn't forced to get one. They end up using the show's account. Roger Howarth's live sessions were under the GH account. Y&R did the same thing with Billy Miller. The shows get enough hate email and hate tweets that they know their actors/writers/producers are receiving the same. The difference is the shows cant react to these tweets or hate emails but their people can when they are tweeted directly and I am yet to hear of anyone getting punished for it because I believe the shows sympathize with their personnel. Take RC as an example, he is a writer, he gets hate tweets and reacts all the time, sometimes over the top. When he had just joined GH, people were taken back by his ability to bash them back that they were tweeting him telling him that they were going to report him to ABC. I think someone once called him an idiot and he told them they were the biggest idiot. Here we are years later, RC's twitter reactions haven't changed and he just re-signed, and his immediate boss is on twitter and follows him. I don't know that this is true. I remember Patrick Muldoon saying that he had to start tweeting from his when he first came back. Most of the younger actors already have them. There was a period of time not long ago when several of the older actors all got on twitter at once. IDK that they're forced, but I'm pretty sure they're STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to join.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:13 PM
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I never said she was the first one to do it. I also never said it wasn't 'okay'. I said it wasn't smart. There's a difference.
In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
I don't think it's smart simply because if you respond, you fan the flames. You also open yourself up to criticism and interpretations that would otherwise not be there. I'm not talking about the person who tweeted the insult or those who would do the same. I'm talking about those sitting on the sidelines remaining neutral. They may have normally sided with KM and felt sympathy for her as that tweet was uncalled for, but instead, now they see her as equally offensive. Right or wrong, that can happen and in this case probably did. If she would have stayed silent, none of that would have occurred or even have the potential to occur. That's why I don't think it's a smart move, for KM or any actor. I don't think it is either. Sometimes it's funny, but I don't think it's worth the trouble. I'd rather they all ignore it.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:15 PM
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I never said she was the first one to do it. I also never said it wasn't 'okay'. I said it wasn't smart. There's a difference.
In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
I don't think it's smart simply because if you respond, you fan the flames. You also open yourself up to criticism and interpretations that would otherwise not be there. I'm not talking about the person who tweeted the insult or those who would do the same. I'm talking about those sitting on the sidelines remaining neutral. They may have normally sided with KM and felt sympathy for her as that tweet was uncalled for, but instead, now they see her as equally offensive. Right or wrong, that can happen and in this case probably did. If she would have stayed silent, none of that would have occurred or even have the potential to occur. That's why I don't think it's a smart move, for KM or any actor. If she just simply tweeted that without anyone saying anything to her before then I could agree but if there are those who see Rox's tweet and are offended because she said Fuck off then they were never going to see things from her side anyway. In that case, she can choose to react which ever way and its still smart because its not like she lost anything.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:19 PM
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In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
She probably shouldn't have done the fuck off but I thought "Aren't you sweet" was awesome. As far as I am concerned though, I am sure the show "orders" or "expects" the actors to engage in a certain amount of tweets every so often. (Unless maybe they are older, LOL, can't see Peggy McKay doing that). I sort of this for the actors because fans feel an entitlement with their subjects and I think the Internet has only heightened. Hate mail has been around for years but it still kept an arm's length from the actors: it going to the studio, technically they don't have to open it, etc. Angry tweets personally directed at the actors not only is in their face but is also in the face of the rest of the public. Its really going over and beyond the call of duty IMO and when the actors tend to lose it, so to speak, I don't blame them.
I believe the network's way of "ordering" actors to engage with fans is through the organized Live tweet sessions. Even when an actor doesn't have a Twitter account, he isn't forced to get one. They end up using the show's account. Roger Howarth's live sessions were under the GH account. Y&R did the same thing with Billy Miller. The shows get enough hate email and hate tweets that they know their actors/writers/producers are receiving the same. The difference is the shows cant react to these tweets or hate emails but their people can when they are tweeted directly and I am yet to hear of anyone getting punished for it because I believe the shows sympathize with their personnel. Take RC as an example, he is a writer, he gets hate tweets and reacts all the time, sometimes over the top. When he had just joined GH, people were taken back by his ability to bash them back that they were tweeting him telling him that they were going to report him to ABC. I think someone once called him an idiot and he told them they were the biggest idiot. Here we are years later, RC's twitter reactions haven't changed and he just re-signed, and his immediate boss is on twitter and follows him. not that I agree with the fuck off tweet, but I think going nuts harrassing the actors for the stories is a bit over obsessed. I'm sure she played the part as she was directed. Why can't fans either love or hate the s/l... I can't understand actors playing part that badly portrays women, men, children, or whatever. But EJabby is a s/l, she didn't write the story. Sounds like the tweeter did need to fuck off and get a life. And the tweeter that comment that's why no one likes you, is deciding to be everybodies decision maker sounds like it reflects some politicians in Washington.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:19 PM
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She probably shouldn't have done the fuck off but I thought "Aren't you sweet" was awesome. As far as I am concerned though, I am sure the show "orders" or "expects" the actors to engage in a certain amount of tweets every so often. (Unless maybe they are older, LOL, can't see Peggy McKay doing that). I sort of this for the actors because fans feel an entitlement with their subjects and I think the Internet has only heightened. Hate mail has been around for years but it still kept an arm's length from the actors: it going to the studio, technically they don't have to open it, etc. Angry tweets personally directed at the actors not only is in their face but is also in the face of the rest of the public. Its really going over and beyond the call of duty IMO and when the actors tend to lose it, so to speak, I don't blame them.
I believe the network's way of "ordering" actors to engage with fans is through the organized Live tweet sessions. Even when an actor doesn't have a Twitter account, he isn't forced to get one. They end up using the show's account. Roger Howarth's live sessions were under the GH account. Y&R did the same thing with Billy Miller. The shows get enough hate email and hate tweets that they know their actors/writers/producers are receiving the same. The difference is the shows cant react to these tweets or hate emails but their people can when they are tweeted directly and I am yet to hear of anyone getting punished for it because I believe the shows sympathize with their personnel. Take RC as an example, he is a writer, he gets hate tweets and reacts all the time, sometimes over the top. When he had just joined GH, people were taken back by his ability to bash them back that they were tweeting him telling him that they were going to report him to ABC. I think someone once called him an idiot and he told them they were the biggest idiot. Here we are years later, RC's twitter reactions haven't changed and he just re-signed, and his immediate boss is on twitter and follows him.
I don't know that this is true. I remember Patrick Muldoon saying that he had to start tweeting from his when he first came back. Most of the younger actors already have them. There was a period of time not long ago when several of the older actors all got on twitter at once. IDK that they're forced, but I'm pretty sure they're STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to join. Then I don't know how Days does it, but GH & Y&R haven't really done so because why then why would they give their twitter handles to these actors to use when all they need is an email address to open up a free account?
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Feb 6 2014, 05:20 PM
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I never said she was the first one to do it. I also never said it wasn't 'okay'. I said it wasn't smart. There's a difference.
In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
I don't think it's smart simply because if you respond, you fan the flames. You also open yourself up to criticism and interpretations that would otherwise not be there. I'm not talking about the person who tweeted the insult or those who would do the same. I'm talking about those sitting on the sidelines remaining neutral. They may have normally sided with KM and felt sympathy for her as that tweet was uncalled for, but instead, now they see her as equally offensive. Right or wrong, that can happen and in this case probably did. If she would have stayed silent, none of that would have occurred or even have the potential to occur. That's why I don't think it's a smart move, for KM or any actor. I don't a dog (ahem) in this fight, and I agree. I do think it's better for actors to stay out of the fray as much as possible, although the occasional 'eff off' is nothing compared to the kind of drama people like Chappell and Carlivati have stirred up. Twitter is a bizarre medium because the interaction can be one-to-one or one-to-many, and if you rub elbows with crazy often enough it can rub off on you. I think RC looks just as crazy trying to enforce his boundaries as anyone tweeting him, for example. Sometimes not engaging is the best revenge.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:26 PM
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In that moment for her, it was a smart thing to do. Do I think she could ignore it? sure but the choice as to whether to ignore or react doesn't make her decision to react less smart. Its not like she is going to lose her job because she tweeted that, and besides that people can see what the other person tweeted. This is one of the LW tweets I was referring to. Its not the actual tweet but its references her similar reaction. Laura Wright þ@lldubs · 25 Sep 2012 Haaa whatever RT @silencesuffers: @lldubs real mature telling a fan to fuck off. 's why no one likes you or your character. https://twitter.com/CrystalLou2u/status/250593480680808448
I don't think it's smart simply because if you respond, you fan the flames. You also open yourself up to criticism and interpretations that would otherwise not be there. I'm not talking about the person who tweeted the insult or those who would do the same. I'm talking about those sitting on the sidelines remaining neutral. They may have normally sided with KM and felt sympathy for her as that tweet was uncalled for, but instead, now they see her as equally offensive. Right or wrong, that can happen and in this case probably did. If she would have stayed silent, none of that would have occurred or even have the potential to occur. That's why I don't think it's a smart move, for KM or any actor.
I don't a dog (ahem) in this fight, and I agree. I do think it's better for actors to stay out of the fray as much as possible, although the occasional 'eff off' is nothing compared to the kind of drama people like Chappell and Carlivati have stirred up. Twitter is a bizarre medium because the interaction can be one-to-one or one-to-many, and if you rub elbows with crazy often enough it can rub off on you. I think RC looks just as crazy trying to enforce his boundaries as anyone tweeting him, for example. Sometimes not engaging is the best revenge. yeah, but sometimes your buttons can be pushed, it's why I don't do twitter now. (which is poor english but the point is made ;) )
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Feb 6 2014, 05:30 PM
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I believe the network's way of "ordering" actors to engage with fans is through the organized Live tweet sessions. Even when an actor doesn't have a Twitter account, he isn't forced to get one. They end up using the show's account. Roger Howarth's live sessions were under the GH account. Y&R did the same thing with Billy Miller. The shows get enough hate email and hate tweets that they know their actors/writers/producers are receiving the same. The difference is the shows cant react to these tweets or hate emails but their people can when they are tweeted directly and I am yet to hear of anyone getting punished for it because I believe the shows sympathize with their personnel. Take RC as an example, he is a writer, he gets hate tweets and reacts all the time, sometimes over the top. When he had just joined GH, people were taken back by his ability to bash them back that they were tweeting him telling him that they were going to report him to ABC. I think someone once called him an idiot and he told them they were the biggest idiot. Here we are years later, RC's twitter reactions haven't changed and he just re-signed, and his immediate boss is on twitter and follows him.
I don't know that this is true. I remember Patrick Muldoon saying that he had to start tweeting from his when he first came back. Most of the younger actors already have them. There was a period of time not long ago when several of the older actors all got on twitter at once. IDK that they're forced, but I'm pretty sure they're STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to join.
Then I don't know how Days does it, but GH & Y&R haven't really done so because why then why would they give their twitter handles to these actors to use when all they need is an email address to open up a free account? To get more people following the main account.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:44 PM
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I don't get what is so big about KM response....
Take a look at some of the Y&R and GH actors responses to their crazy fans and KM's response almost seems like a compliment.
I think it is very REAL and awesome when an actor bites back at a rude tweet...just because they are an actor does not mean they are not allowed to respond back.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:45 PM
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Yikes. Crazy all around. I think it's really sad that people become so detached from reality that they tweet hate at an actor, a real person, over a fictional storyline on a made-up soap opera. I mean, deactivate the twitter account, people. Go outside and enjoy life. Let your hatred go.
I'm also wondering why Abby is getting the brunt of the hate for EJ/Abby affair. Abbiwhore? Really? EJ has also been a pretty willing participant with Abby. But he's just "badly written" or "misunderstood" or "the REAL EJ would never" or whatever. I hate the double standard.
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She probably shouldn't have done the fuck off but I thought "Aren't you sweet" was awesome. As far as I am concerned though, I am sure the show "orders" or "expects" the actors to engage in a certain amount of tweets every so often. (Unless maybe they are older, LOL, can't see Peggy McKay doing that). I sort of this for the actors because fans feel an entitlement with their subjects and I think the Internet has only heightened. Hate mail has been around for years but it still kept an arm's length from the actors: it going to the studio, technically they don't have to open it, etc. Angry tweets personally directed at the actors not only is in their face but is also in the face of the rest of the public. Its really going over and beyond the call of duty IMO and when the actors tend to lose it, so to speak, I don't blame them.
I believe the network's way of "ordering" actors to engage with fans is through the organized Live tweet sessions. Even when an actor doesn't have a Twitter account, he isn't forced to get one. They end up using the show's account. Roger Howarth's live sessions were under the GH account. Y&R did the same thing with Billy Miller. The shows get enough hate email and hate tweets that they know their actors/writers/producers are receiving the same. The difference is the shows cant react to these tweets or hate emails but their people can when they are tweeted directly and I am yet to hear of anyone getting punished for it because I believe the shows sympathize with their personnel. Take RC as an example, he is a writer, he gets hate tweets and reacts all the time, sometimes over the top. When he had just joined GH, people were taken back by his ability to bash them back that they were tweeting him telling him that they were going to report him to ABC. I think someone once called him an idiot and he told them they were the biggest idiot. Here we are years later, RC's twitter reactions haven't changed and he just re-signed, and his immediate boss is on twitter and follows him.
I don't know that this is true. I remember Patrick Muldoon saying that he had to start tweeting from his when he first came back. Most of the younger actors already have them. There was a period of time not long ago when several of the older actors all got on twitter at once. IDK that they're forced, but I'm pretty sure they're STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to join. I think that part of it has to do with the fact that Days has such a large online fan presence. So it's easier if all the actors have their own accounts so that fans can ask them questions directly instead of, say, (& I'm using an outdated example) tweeting Peter & asking him something about Kristian. Back before Kristian has twitter, that would've meant that Peter would have to break the "unspoken 'don't pick a side in the fan battle' rule" in order to respond. It was absolute ridiculousness back then that CC would more than happily respond to just about anything sent her way, but Peter had to walk on eggshells to find tweets he could reply to without causing a bitchfest (which often came from only one side, but we're not talking about the fans here). With Kristian joining, it allowed for her to answer more of the joint questions pertaining to the show and left Peter able to keep the two sides a bay. Of course, by that point, Bo & Carly were over & Bo & Hope were on their way to reuniting, so it worked out well for Kristian from that perspective (at least until Nelson & CC's ridiculousness).
I think that everyone on twitter needs to remember that the actors are trying to sell whatever story it is that they're in right now. So when Sami was with Rafe, Ali tweeting pics of her & Galen working together wasn't a stab at the EJami fans, just like when EJ & Sami are together, a pic of her & James together isn't a stab at the Safe fans. Unfortunately, it's all to easy to forget and, in immediate reaction, say something that you wish you could later take back (or at least could've said better in a different way).
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Eh, I kinda agree and disagree about whether or not KM should have even responded. On the one hand, it's KM's twitter account and she has the right to answer/defend herself against rude comments if she wishes to. On the other hand, ignoring the comments could be more beneficial than addressing them. Unless it's one of those crazy people who tweet the actor like 17 times in a row.
It's really just depends on the situation. But in this case, I would say KM handled it pretty well.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:51 PM
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Yikes. Crazy all around. I think it's really sad that people become so detached from reality that they tweet hate at an actor, a real person, over a fictional storyline on a made-up soap opera. I mean, deactivate the twitter account, people. Go outside and enjoy life. Let your hatred go.
I'm also wondering why Abby is getting the brunt of the hate for EJ/Abby affair. Abbiwhore? Really? EJ has also been a pretty willing participant with Abby. But he's just "badly written" or "misunderstood" or "the REAL EJ would never" or whatever. I hate the double standard. To answer the bolded part, you need to look at where/who the hate is coming from. That said, I completely agree that it should be EJ that's getting all the hate, especially since he's the one that's actually cheating on Sami. Unfortunately, double standards will always exist.
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The woman always gets called the whore. No matter the circumstances. It's a disgusting double standard, but Abby isn't the first and sadly won't be the last to be labeled that on this show or any other.
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Feb 6 2014, 05:59 PM
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People are fooling themselves if they think that tearing apart someone's looks on a message board vs. directly on Twitter doesn't cause hurt feelings. One's only marginally better than the other.
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Twitter is also different in that the actors are using their twitter accounts to keep in touch with their non-famous friends and family who have their own twitter accounts. Where you're dealing with family politics and potential hurt feelings from ending friendships. It isn't like they're getting tweets from their family, or seeing their friends posts about their day in a separate place from the nastiness. It's all mixed up together
An actor can be following a twit convo where someone is keeping everyone else updated on an uncle's progress in the hospital, and suddenly, between polite-on-the-surface tweets with mean cousin Billy, a complete stranger bursts in to critique your face and call you a twat waffle.
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Feb 6 2014, 06:17 PM
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- Feb 6 2014, 05:57 PM
The woman always gets called the whore. No matter the circumstances. It's a disgusting double standard, but Abby isn't the first and sadly won't be the last to be labeled that on this show or any other. and the sad thing is it's almost always women calling other women this.
It is always this way though. I hated Carly/Bo, but I blamed him not her. She got torn to shreds though online.
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Feb 6 2014, 06:21 PM
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- Feb 6 2014, 06:08 PM
Twitter is also different in that the actors are using their twitter accounts to keep in touch with their non-famous friends and family who have their own twitter accounts. Where you're dealing with family politics and potential hurt feelings from ending friendships. It isn't like they're getting tweets from their family, or seeing their friends posts about their day in a separate place from the nastiness. It's all mixed up together
An actor can be following a twit convo where someone is keeping everyone else updated on an uncle's progress in the hospital, and suddenly, between polite-on-the-surface tweets with mean cousin Billy, a complete stranger bursts in to critique your face and call you a twat waffle. Also, when you are on twitter you are notified of your tweets and generally read them. So, tweeting vitriol to an actor directly means you want them and their friends and family and other fans to see it. That is a whole different ball game. And it's not like writing a nasty letter in the old days or leaving a nasty comment on the phone line. It's far more likely for the actor to see it.
Sure, friends and family can chose to read net commentary in other places, but that's a choice. There's an extra layer of mean to infecting an actor's twitter feed with that stuff. And I don't care whether it's Kate Mansi or Ali Sweeney or anyone.
Twitter has become pretty mandatory for performers, although I question the value of it. I suppose one doesn't have to use it in an interactive way and not read tweets to themselves.
And you know there are cases where taking the high road works, and there have been cases when it backfired. I think it's a case by case situation, and there's probably some value in worked-up fans knowing actors can hear them and that some of the commentary is hurtful and/or offensive. Of course, actors have made comments that have been hurtful to fans in the past as well and that never ends well either.
Although, if I were the producer of any show, I'd get my actors media/social media training.
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Feb 6 2014, 06:22 PM
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- Feb 6 2014, 05:45 PM
Yikes. Crazy all around. I think it's really sad that people become so detached from reality that they tweet hate at an actor, a real person, over a fictional storyline on a made-up soap opera. I mean, deactivate the twitter account, people. Go outside and enjoy life. Let your hatred go.
I'm also wondering why Abby is getting the brunt of the hate for EJ/Abby affair. Abbiwhore? Really? EJ has also been a pretty willing participant with Abby. But he's just "badly written" or "misunderstood" or "the REAL EJ would never" or whatever. I hate the double standard. Completely agree. EJ is the worse of the two of them because it's he who is the one cheating. I'm not saying Abby isn't doing wrong either, but why she is the whore but EJ isn't given similar insults angers me.
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Feb 6 2014, 06:24 PM
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"Twitter users choose who they do and do not follow. They have total control of what news they receive on their homepage.
On twitter, you can be followed by 2,000 people but only see 50 people in your feed—50 people you CHOSE to follow."
http://www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com/
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