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[Albion] Maupay Interview about Social Media Boycott
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JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Just imagine all the social media love he would be getting if he knew how to finish!
Jeez, if he thinks it's bad on Twitter I hope to goodness he doesn't have an account on here...
Yes....
I may be missing something in all of this, and clearly personal abuse is unacceptable, but can’t you make accounts private and prevent morons abusing you?
Apologies if I am being naive, but I genuinely don’t know......
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
They choose to be on social media under the guise of the job they do. There is no reason why they cant just have a social media presence with family and friends. That doesnt excuse the abuse they receive but maybe if they just treated social media like the rest of us do then they wouldnt receive the abuse in the first place
Weststander
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The abusers are scum. So many of them, it seems impossible to control.
But imho celebs shouldn’t lay themselves open to it, for their own mental wellbeing.
It was covered in the recent Caroline Flack doc. Her mates revealed that she’d always faced a torrent of hateful comments on social media from bitches, they told her to close the accounts down, but she was addicted to checking out the posts.
But imho celebs shouldn’t lay themselves open to it, for their own mental wellbeing.
It was covered in the recent Caroline Flack doc. Her mates revealed that she’d always faced a torrent of hateful comments on social media from bitches, they told her to close the accounts down, but she was addicted to checking out the posts.
Weststander
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You can call your Twitter account “Neal Maupay, BHAFC professional footballer” and get verified and linked to all the other Albion player accounts. Or you can call yourself “Maups987392” it doesn’t matter.
Obviously the cowardly racial abuse is completely unacceptable, but even without that, I don’t know why these guys want a public social media presence. Must be so tempting to read all the messages which must mess with your head. I don’t know why you need that stress as an elite player.
Thanks [MENTION=38362]vagabond[/MENTION], that’s where I am,. If I was being subjected to abuse, I’d just use the option to make my account private....
Maybe I just dont understand but where does this abuse appear. Surely they dont have Facebook and Twitter accounts. If this is the case do they go looking for the abuse. Only thing I look at is NSC where you get odd call to say a player is crap but that is hardly offensive abuse
Depends which platform.
On both Facebook and Instagram you can make your page private and adjust your settings accordingly so only people you allow to follow you can see what you say and post things to you.
On Twitter you can protect your own Tweets to prevent others reading them but that does not prevent other people typing out a tweet mentioning you from scratch rather than replying to one you've put there (similar to how it works on here). You can also turn off your notifications which would then mean you never see anything from anyone, but the stuff posted is still visible if you happen to follow another account (e.g. the main BHAFC one) and the abuse is posted as replies to them. You can then block those individuals, but if it's 150 of them that takes a long time.
Ethelwulf
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razer
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There's a post on the match thread saying specifically that they hate Maupay.
Ali J doesn't fare much better. Nor does Connolly. The abuse is all over the match thread. Not saying that they want them to die doesn't make it any less abusive.
It's pathetic.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,054
You’ve only got to look at some of the replies to that tweet (a couple from Arsenal fans stand out) to see the abuse doesn’t just happen on their own accounts but comes across all social media and accounts even when it’s posted by other media outlets, the club etc. Players making their own accounts private won’t stop the abuse.
Weststander
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This.
Players use Instagram, Facebook and Twatter, where folk using false id’s hurl unbridled hate and threats against them after a bad result.
Caveman
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- Jul 14, 2003
- 9,926
If you look on the likes of Facebook I wouldn’t be so sure .
We are exclusive to these kind of ******** fans.
