@Yel, have you or any of the other mods or people who run the site been approached by the BBC regarding the programme for comment or anything?
Someone did contact admin, we were discussing it in the mods forum last week. I think they made it pretty clear was their objective was (no it won't be balanced) and all the mods agreed the standard media copy and paste with tattle's rules and policies was all it deserved.
It was asking for a response for statements from "experts" that said the site has messages that are a hate crime, harassment and cause emotional distress.
Along with the good old fantasist stuff; influencers say that:
- Moderators create accounts when threads go quiet to revive them (bullshit from ptwm the Paypal scammer, as if we need to )
- Admin claims that messages are never deleted (that never happened, of course things are deleted on a moderated forum )
- Messages of support are deleted (see my post on the previous page for examples, people trolling / disrupting are deleted as they would be on any forum).
If I had to make a prediction I think they'll talk to a psychologist who'll say people here don't have much social interaction in real life and instead post vitriol here to vent their frustration in real life to get a dopamine hit on an anonymous forum
. Then talk to a legal "expert" who'll talk about the new online harm that acts to protect people from "trolls". Then if they're being really really distasteful they'll interview the parents of a teenager that tragically ended their own life through abuse sent, even though that's nothing to do with commentary on public figures that choose to pursue a business that involves oversharing their private life.
It's a shame as there are so many interesting things to explore around influencer culture. But I highly doubt this will cover it and instead amalgamate people discussing a public figure who publically overshares their life to hundreds of thousands with a teenager being harassed and sent abuse.
If radio 4 and their huge budget can't do something well researched and balanced who will?
Influencers really don't realise how much they've benefited from the lack of regulation. They're the first to call for more rules but are blissfully unaware that more rules and regulation are more likely to disadvantage them.
Gossip on public figures has been a thing before paper was invented. If someone turns their private life into a commodity to make money they can't expect to only have praise. "what people think of me is none of my business" and "don't read the comments" springs to mind.
You'd be surprised the number of people that think they can just request for a tattle thread about them to be deleted, there's a real lack of understanding that once you become a public figure you can no longer control the narrative. Tattle's law seeks to address this by educating people on the downsides of fame and creating a professional influencer agency to make influencers accountable for when they break the rules -
https://limegoss.com/tattles-law/
It would be an interesting conversation on the moral maze - how do you weigh up peoples freedom of speech to discuss a business when that business is a social media influencer who sells their private life and is effectively turning this so called private life into a commodity? Hopfully the real conversations about this world will start to be had soon.
Edit: Ha my post is already out of date
How many times is Sali going to talk about "My child’s teacher read how I would sell my kids for money." It was one post that was clearly figure of speach
And Katie heyes is a known liar always making up stuff for attention. Last week she made up that her phone number and address has been posted here.
@Quarrantinemadness you won by default because the other one was too long!!! Sorry @Violetx That was a DRAMA please post vital info for new members girls! Background for any new members.. 1. Editing photos so much that she is unrecognisable in real life 2. Using someone else’s scan photos...
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