Ver fanz are also a major aspect of why TLNA went titzup.
The problem with radio is that it’s an intimate medium anyway, and people build strong bonds with the shows they listen to. Like my nana listening to Radio 4 every morning, or the mentals who ring in to Mid Morning Matters. Eyin, through a narcissist process of over sharing and privileging the fans (the ingeniously manipulative claim that if you thought the show-this IS the show- was crap it was because you didn’t get it, but the ones that did were special) stoked this dynamic. If someone is emotionally deficient, lonely and slightly dim you can see them falling for it, a bit like the Manson Family girls but significantly less pretty.
Ver fanz destroyed the Digital Spy forum with their forensic campaign against any poster who was slightly critical of the show- that forum is deader than Kaffy’s media career now, and that’s ver fanz fault (vff). DS was pretty much a balanced chat about the show, which at least publicised it. Ver fanz got rid though- well done, yeah? (Couldn’t do it here though could they? Silly geese).
As a pair of preening narcissists free of editorial control, Eyon and Cathy pruned out anyone who didn’t provide
loyalty on the twitch stream, leaving them with what they have now- a dwindling number of regulars who, because the nature of being one of ver fans is insularity, don’t have much more than the same old guff to call in with every time. I love my close friends but I can’t imagine ringing them every day- what would we find to talk about?! This isn’t VFF, as they can’t help their situations or lack of character, it’s Eyyyyn’s and Cart’s for letting it get that way- they NEVER understood twitch, which is a far looser and more abstract medium than commercial radio.
Ver fanz getting directly involved with the Dicky Greggs situation is also absurd. It’s none of their business, and they can’t know the important details. There’s just no need to say anything! But, because TLNA is their lifeline, they go running their mouths. It’s embarrassing for Eyore, who really should be concentrating on rebuilding his career at local radio (which he could be really good at as he was/is a massively talented broadcaster, who got bogged down in bullshine with ver fanz amongst other things). Instead he’s got (edit- had) a pinned tweet apologising to a family lawyer and ver fanz keeping the beef afloat. No wonder Hean protected his tweets- I would imagine that his boss at Jackie Fm told him to reinstate it, as they wouldn’t want their flagship presenter being offline. But if anyone does twitter search the guy they’ll find all the Dicky Greggs palava- again, vff.
Basically, ver fanz should have a word with themselves. I think their lack of perspective and, most fatally, lack of sense of humour, is helping to destroy what is left.
Ps, has anyone here ever seen anyone wearing an Iaun and Karp t shirt in the wild, out of interest?