Em and her horrible friends sent nasty messages to my friend that were so bad she deleted her Instagram
at no point had my friend direct messaged her or commented on her posts, but she had posted comments here. Absolutely disgusting that Em thinks it's ok to attack people via their private dms.
She likes to pretend she's not bothered but is clearly spending time reading here and then spreading her hate via dms. She's a vindictive nasty person.
that’s horrendous and not ok at all. That’s bullying.
the irony of Em calling other people trolls because they post on here.
the thing is - tattle isn’t aimed at or for influencers like her.
she chooses to put her life and herself in the public eye for money. She courts public attention and needs it, because it’s her job. On the flip side, this means that she puts herself up for public commentary that is both positive and negative. Now if we were all to start making nasty comments directly under her posts or in her DMs, then that is directed communication towards her. But we don’t do that on tattle - we discuss information and people who *chose* to put themselves in the public domain.
tattlers and your average person on Instagram, do not. We are private individuals who chose to live privately.
for em (and her friends!!!!!) to target private individuals with hateful messages is the exact definition of trolling and bullying. Legally it can be considered Harassment. It’s worse, because em has the benefit of a large following behind her that private individuals don’t.
im sorry your friend had to experience this. I hope she feels comfortable to go back on her socials because bullies like Em shouldn’t be able to get away with that type of behaviour.
for what it’s worth, harassment is defined as behaviour intended to alarm or distress someone on at least two occasions, under The Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The law doesn’t differentiate between online/offline harassment. Your friend should potentially think about seeking legal advice if the harassment from Em was so bad to the extent she felt she had to delete her social media.
as a minimum, your friend could think about reporting any bullying messages to Instagram directly.
I appreciate when you’re being sent nasty messages from multiple people out of nowhere on social media, it can be scary and overwhelming and people prefer to just shut down the source and take a breather, so posting this for the benefit of anyone else receiving nasty messages from Em (or anyone else).
What an idiot. She’s not that far off 30, you’d think she’d have realised by now that not everyone will like you and if you’re in the public eye, you are putting yourself out there so you will hear both praise and negativity. That’s life
She clearly has too much time on her hands, get a proper job
and what’s her end goal exactly? Pick a fight with everyone who disagrees with her? Verbally beat them into submission until they like her or don’t talk about her?
what’s she going to do about people who come across her insta and talk about her offline? People who listen to her podcast and think it’s crap?
what an immature and petty approach. People are going to dislike her and disagree with her, that’s life. She shares her opinions and views constantly - why is it not OK for other people to have opinions and views?