We need to talk about social media and fans

[Duncan_K]

9 minutes ago, RYM said:

I used to love Twitter it was so good for my previous jobs, you could use it as a live CV as to what you were doing on match days and in between. It was so, so good from a supporter service point of view too. That said you were open to attack from fans and colleagues who hated the attention you got. I had so much abuse and loads of bollockings for answering abusers back etc but it was all good fun. I deleted my account soon after I left though as it was just a cess pit of noise and aggression.

 

I only use FB and IG for my business now but if I could I would do away with it all. It just messes with your head and anxiety / depression. I've even applied to come off here about 3 times as it's all time consuming nonsense over a game which is totally beyond our control but affects our emotions daily if we let it.

 

I try and have days when I don't use my phone for social stuff but we have trained our brains in such a way that we can feel like we are missing out and you get trapped in some pavlovian cycle around notifications and interactions. 

 

Below is one of my favourite interactions. At the time of the tweet Bees were 2-0 down to Millwall. They scored 3 late goals to win and the tweets were deleted. I also had nothing to do with the kits haha.

 

So you are taking responsibility for traipsing around in a fur coat with no undies all day

[RYM]

7 minutes ago, Duncan_K said:

So you are taking responsibility for traipsing around in a fur coat with no undies all day

Haha no comment…. I don’t think that bit was aimed at me directly, that was more the older fan hating the modernisation of the club. 

[pkonline]

1 hour ago, Footballwipe said:

I'm sorry, but if anyone has had this genuine reaction to the PSR stuff then they really, really need more hobbies, or to focus more on their actual, real, day to day life.

 

Over the last week work for me has been manic, I've barely had time to digest PSR-related stuff and have dipped in and out of the thread on here, reading about 5-6 posts to get a flavour. Today the news came through that it was all okay.

 

You know, as someone who used to be wrapped up in every minute movement this club made, that's all that I needed. A check in, a quick "eh it might happen but I can't control it" and then a look this morning.

 

There's more to just watching people make £££ online. There's the desire to be seen as powerful, influential within the club you support. Look at all the accounts of individuals, or those running LCFC-related accounts with large followings. There's a pressure to stay relevant. With that comes overly-emotional investment which is admirable fanaticism at best, weird lonely behaviour at worst.

 

Remember this. The players, management and board of this club do not care about you. Your loyalty and investment in this club does not matter to them. By all means enjoy following the club but I'd encourage anyone to do all they can to let go of the things they absolutely cannot control, especially off-the-pitch stuff.

That's great in your case, but that isn't everyone. We have to understand that amongst supporters there will be a group increasingly, who are vulnerable, and are often preyed on for clicks etc.

[foxy tiler]

Social media whilst good for certain things it has become dangerous in its spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories.

[HitchinFox]

11 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Daily Mail I'm afraid but he's made some serious dough

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13787273/Mark-Goldbridges-STAGGERING-earnings-2023-controversial-Man-United-YouTuber-blamed-causing-problems-Old-Trafford-year.html

Him and Robbie Lyle are millionaires and they both owe their success to one thing – the consistent failure of their teams over the past 10 years. It has coincided with the whole fan-led social media guff blossoming and becoming a thing. 

The hilarious truth is that a huge number of the watches, comments, clicks, shares etc. come from opposition fans laughing at them and their teams (and their reactions). Just compare the number of watches AFTV or Goldberg get when Arsenal/ManU win, to when they lose particularly badly and one of them has a hissy fit. It's so obvious that the worse the result and the angrier the reaction, the more watches and money they get. 

 

Edited 14 January by HitchinFox

[Mashe122]

11 hours ago, pkonline said:

What is sad, is that I can kinda understand newspapers etc doing this to fans, but I don't really understand why fan channels and other fans want to upset your own. Strange.

Fan channels, especially in the Leicester space from what i've seen DO NOT want to upset their own. Most have a wide range of different contributors that have Differing views to one an other. that is healthy as it promoted nice fan debate... They have gotten a lot of stick recently but the new channel Blue Tinted Glasses (BTG) actually is the best out there at the moment.. Their twitter/x is questionable but the content on the youtube channel is really really good.. So many different views and the main thing is they are respectful with one another.

[pkonline]

8 hours ago, Mashe122 said:

Fan channels, especially in the Leicester space from what i've seen DO NOT want to upset their own. Most have a wide range of different contributors that have Differing views to one an other. that is healthy as it promoted nice fan debate... They have gotten a lot of stick recently but the new channel Blue Tinted Glasses (BTG) actually is the best out there at the moment.. Their twitter/x is questionable but the content on the youtube channel is really really good.. So many different views and the main thing is they are respectful with one another.

I agree BTG is a good one and the analysis is excellent, but even with that channel, look at their last few videos and thumbnails - it's pretty awful.

[Mashe122]

On 15/01/2025 at 08:36, pkonline said:

I agree BTG is a good one and the analysis is excellent, but even with that channel, look at their last few videos and thumbnails - it's pretty awful.

what videos in particular?