Tattle In The Press

[AllSeeingEye123]

This forum is so busy so please excuse me if this link from two weeks ago has already been spoken of and there is a topic already about similar that I couldn't see......

newstatesman com/science-tech/social-media/2021/04/how-gossip-forum-tattle-life-became-most-toxic-place-internet

boingboing. net/2021/04/13/tattle-life-the-latest-worst-place-on-the-web.htmlh

Thesun .co.uk/tvandshowbiz/14512588/charlotte-dawson-slams-disgusting-troll-baby-son-ugly/

hertfordshiremercury .co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/hertfordshire-tik-tok-stars-plea-4915953

thesun .co.uk/fabulous/13290879/inside-look-worrying-gossip-platforms-figures-reveal-women-experience-abuse-online/

I must live under a rock as I had no idea how much this website gets mentioned.

 

[Yel]

There's loads of websites that are everything influencers say tattle is (linked to mass murderers and who exist to post addresses and harass people in real life) but these never get mentioned.

The problem with tattle is it isn't the extremist weirdos that can easily be ignored, but lots of legitimate complaints. Social media influencers are used to influencing people and some genuinely do think saying someone's hat looks silly is a hate crime.

That new statesman article was terrible and full of outright lies and things cherry picked to mislead and deceive. Read the jack Monroe threads where it's nicely broken down and the writer ends up looking pretty foolish. That's the problem with these articles; they've decided on their outcome and narrative before the first word is even written or any research has taken place.

The mail is the organisation that has been most accurate with describing here without going to lengths to paint a false picture. The guardian, the sun, the I, the mirror etc have all shown very poor journalism with their articles on tattle.

Quoting myself as just spoke about this in another thread

Tattle feels like one of the most controversial message boards that's ever existed, I can't remember other ones getting this much bad press. And other ones have actually been linked with horrific Crimes.

Here on tattle we're a bit bitchy about those that turn their life into the Truman show on steroids to make money . Mustn't be nice to read uncomfortable things about your self, but fame has always come with this. These influencers are probably so defensive as fame is their main thing without talent or skills to back it up.

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

Sali Hughes’ viral statement on trolling exposes the trauma of online bullying

And the internet has had enough of it.

www.stylist.co.uk

What happened to her trying to close Tattle down? Obviously it failed but did she get bored of trying or did her request get turned down?

 

[Yel]

Thankfully (for her sake) the violent pe dofile Sali Hughes threatened to send to our homes never happened. I think Sali Hughes has some people's addresses from when they were on her site and was threatening to use that in order to scare and silence people.

Let's not forget all of Sali Hughes deleted tweets

Sali Hughes Trolling – The Other Side Omitted by BBC Documentary? – Lime Goss

 

[LennyBriscoe]

All the people who want to shut Tattle down are cut from the same cloth imo - narcissistic, egotistical people who hate Tattle because they can’t control the narrative or delete posts that have even a whiff of calling them out. They are dying to shut Tattle down but at the same time don’t want to talk about us too much in case more and more people come here and find out what they’re really like.

Yel mentioned Jack Monroe in a previous post - Jack is a classic example of why there is a place for Tattle. She has a loyal band of Twitter fans who jump to her defence and/or piles on as soon as she kicks off about someone - Jamie Oliver and David Walliams are ia couple of examples. But what they don’t see are the thousands of tweets she deletes, what she really says, how rude and unreasonable she is to people and, most importantly, things like her Kickstarter shambles and the fact she has a Paterson but hasn’t sent her members a single thing in months, go unnoticed by them.

There are some posts I read and think but they’re few and far between and whilst I don’t have prior forum experience, part of the reason I have stuck around here is because the Mods get rid of things as soon as they know, and encourage people to read the rules and report breaches.

Would I like it if I was famous and had a Tattle thread? Probably not, but then I’ve got self-awareness and would be more likely to take fair critique on board than anyone I’ve seen with threads

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

This was the only Tattle positive article I have seen where it's mentioned as a place to see what matters in the world.....

Kat Towers on the thrill of seeing LOVE's work on Kim Kardashian's Instagram stories

On the thrill of seeing LOVE's work on Kim Kardashian's Instagram stories and more.

www.creativeboom.com

I don't think Tattle is anything like as bad as the moaners make out. I think the meaning of the world troll has been diluted to make people feel better. For me a troll would say things like I hope you die, I hope your kids get cancer, you should be stabbed etc. Saying you don't think the offspring of a celebrity isn't cute or that someone isn't talented is not trolling.

Influencers are the worst because they will try and sell you anything for cash. They don't care if they don't use it themselves or it's not good for the planet or is made by people in the third world working for a few pence per day. They are so thin skinned and cannot take constructive critisism and just think they are right all the time.

 

[LaLa247]

Glad you’ve posted this thread as I actually feel quite passionately about it, when the petition was going round to have tattle shut down I couldn’t believe how short sighted people were being - they really wanted to shut down a website because people were being a bitchy? A bit mean? What absolutely ridiculous and dangerous precedent to set.

I think @Yel makes an excellent about the various and far more popular Internet forums that have various links to actual terrorist incidents/cyber attacks/Neo-Nazis/doxxing/general dark internet tit. The site on which the man who committed the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand posted his manifesto (and appears to have been partly radicialiszed) had just changed its name and gone on it merry way, and people seriously want to shut down a site talking about influencers?

Its my belief that it’s because it’s a forum most frequented by women discussing women - a man can talk tit all day on a forum about footballers and no one would bat an eyelid.

Recently a contestant from the circle ‘called out’ tattle for ‘bitching about the show’ and calling those on The Circle thread ‘bored housewives’ - hilarious because I also follows the subreddit for the The Circle and the stuff said there was worse imo, but ofc that’s a ‘legit’ mans website so.

Social Media has essentially become one big advert and we’re all supposed to put up and shut up, buy that new skin care range being advertised and not open our mouths - we’re consumers simply by having the Instagram app but without any right to call out inappropriate business behaviour
Social Media has essentially become one big advert and we’re all supposed to put up and shut up, buy that new skin care range being advertised and not open our mouths - we’re consumers simply by having the Instagram app but without any right to call out inappropriate business behaviour

I haven’t read every article you’ve posted but the ones I have haven’t yet mention that these influencers do have to make a concerted effort to come onto this site and read this stuff - which I think is the big flaw in there narrative so probably wont.

Sorry for the rant but really winds me up!

 

[Yel]

Glad you’ve posted this thread as I actually feel quite passionately about it, when the petition was going round to have tattle shut down I couldn’t believe how short sighted people were being - they really wanted to shut down a website because people were being a bitchy? A bit mean? What absolutely ridiculous and dangerous precedent to set.

If you look at the facts of what happened this weekend as an example it's absolutely bananas!

A retired soap actress and now mum influencer said her children were being targeted by vile trolls.

Said ex actress had no evidence for this and the worst comment was calling her braindead. She called us sick and unwell.

Her cheating husband said he wants to punch us in the face.

Loads of articles were written about the vile trolls and they took what the influencer said at face value without any fact checking.

Imagine if on tattle we were talking about punching them in the face?! The double standards are shocking. But he's held up as a hero or something? They're often worse than anything posted here!

We're far more strict than the main user generated websites so they have to lie and deceive about what's here.

If someone here was even to joke about punching an influencer they'd probably get at least a few days ban if not permanent if they'd been warned before. Mods don't have time to keep giving warnings, if you keep causing us headaches you will get a ban.

Influencers shout all the time about closing down a site that talks about public figures who sell their private life where the users are a disillusioned with social media. But they say nothing on the neo nazi, doxxing, terrorist, dark web etc siges. Presumably those are all fine? But shut down the site that's cirtical of someone's jeans , that really oversteps the mark.

Tattle isn't going anywhere, but even if it did another place would pop up. It didn't invent the little people snarking at public figures - ancient Romans and Greeks were doing the same thousands of years ago. It's a healthy part of society.

Influencers are so ignorantly shortsighted, it's proper cringe.

 

[openbook1]

If you are going to put yourself in the public eye, you are going to receive criticism and in some cases trolling. If you don't want to expose yourself to that, don't be "famous."
Influencers are really thin-skinned. Yes, some things are really mean. But what do they think real celebrities do? Do they think celebs try to get Reddit or People magazine shut down because they say something, not in their favour?
If any of these influencers say they don't witch or gossip about people then they are huge liars. Em Sheldon, I am talking about you. She is one of those people who alludes to this forum but won't name it because she doesn't want people finding out what a sneaky witch she really is. Lol.

 

[FakeSmile]

As I have just said in the Jac Jossa thread, I have found this to be one of the most inclusive and supportive corners of the internet - an example being the Nikki Grahame thread.

A lot of what is said here is truth, and when things are taken too far they are swiftly dealt with. If you are an influencer and you know that you are not thick skinned enough to read negative opinions of yourself - stay away. It’s really that easy. If you’re going to live your life in the public domain you have to expect that some people will have negative opinions or not agree with everything that you do. That’s life.

 

[Warpaint]

People can't debate or take criticism anymore. Everything is so extreme one way or the other. People throw buzzwords like 'troll' 'racist' 'transphobic' as a shield to block anything that doesn't fit into their narrow world view. People pile onto bandwagons for fear of being the one who didn't share or like the 'right' things. Good to see tattle is taking no tit.

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

‘Leaving the “mumfluencer” world was liberating’

archived 20 Apr 2021 10:24:12 UTC

archive.is

Another article I found. They don't like when comments said turn out to be shown as the truth. If you're told by people not to read here don't read it then complain about it.

 

[Rosie878]

Social Media has essentially become one big advert and we’re all supposed to put up and shut up, buy that new skin care range being advertised and not open our mouths - we’re consumers simply by having the Instagram app but without any right to call out inappropriate business behaviour

Totally agree. It’s ok to sell skincare to vulnerable women, omitting the fact that you yourself get fillers/botox. Give me a break. A lot of influencers now try to recruit to mlm schemes too. They behave in very exploitative ways themselves and yet are so quick to play the victim. And they think we shouldn’t even be allowed to discuss it.

I think they blame tattle for all their work-related stress but most of the stress is from working in such a crowded field with lots of comparison, everything hinging on your popularity and engagement, and bitchiness between influencers. They can’t complain about any of that so tattle is the scapegoat.

 

[Sideboard Bob]

Here we go again

The writer of the article describes herself as an influencer. There’s a quote from “Celebrity Talent Manager Chad Teixeira”. One of the things he says is “there needs to be accountably”.
But funnily enough, the article doesn’t mention that the influencer who wrote it is the “Senior PR Account Executive“ for “Social Inspire Group”, where Chad himself is the “Managing Partner”. Make of that what you will.

Links to some sites auto removed

There's a couple of sites where links are automatically removed on tattle, explained for each one below. Hidden links - redirection links are removed as it needs to be clear where a user is being sent. Facebook story links - as they doxx the person that shared it. Try to post the photo or...

tattle.life

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

"Naomi" not happy with people on here hiding behind usernames at the same time she's done a article hiding her name by it being changed in the article.

 

[FridaK]

Here we go again

The writer of the article describes herself as an influencer. There’s a quote from “Celebrity Talent Manager Chad Teixeira”. One of the things he says is “there needs to be accountably”.
But funnily enough, the article doesn’t mention that the influencer who wrote it is the “Senior PR Account Executive“ for “Social Inspire Group”, where Chad himself is the “Managing Partner”. Make of that what you will.

https://graziaisnotlinkedfromtattle.co.uk/life/in-the-news/influencers-dont-owe-you-tattle-life/

I saw this and isn’t it about the hundredth Grazia article slinging at Tattle? It winds me up because they never do an interview with a user from here and ask there POV, it’s literally just same article written every time a journo gets annoyed with the site . Grazia need to learn balance

 

[Sideboard Bob]

I saw this and isn’t it about the hundredth Grazia article slinging at Tattle? It winds me up because they never do an interview with a user from here and ask there POV, it’s literally just same article written every time a journo gets annoyed with the site . Grazia need to learn balance

I’d love to know what Grazia’s problem with Tattle really is,
I posted this in another thread but it makes more sense here...

The writer, who is so much of an influencer that she doesn’t even have a thread here, just happens to work for a PR company, who just happen to represent a quite few people who do have tattle threads

Team — Social Inspire Group

www.socialinspiregroup.com

 

[AlanBanan]

Tattle has a bad name because people can’t cope with the fact that people can and will have opinions and are free to make comments regardless of how mean they are. It also annoys people that people on tattle have the balls to say what most people are thinking and voice their opinion regardless of how controversial without having people down their throat.

It’s also respectful in a way where no one will bad mouth celebrities or online personalities children (guru gossip and you talk trash I am looking at you) and if someone did they’d be told off. I also found in other forums I used to be in targeted harassment of other members was a norm and moderators would turn a blind eye to it or even partake in it. Users on here are very kind and can have a discussion without smashing their keyboards foaming at the mouth because someone has a differing opinion.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

How on earth would it ever be shut down? Opinions on public figures to be made illegal?

Thankfully (for her sake) the violent pe dofile Sali Hughes threatened to send to our homes never happened. I think Sali Hughes has some people's addresses from when they were on her site and was threatening to use that in order to scare and silence people.

Let's not forget all of Sali Hughes deleted tweets

Sali Hughes Trolling – The Other Side Omitted by BBC Documentary? – Lime Goss

Has she been reported to the ICO for this? Might be worth checking if she’s even registered as that’s a guaranteed £400 fine minimum.

 

[AlanBanan]

I forgot to add in and I was too late to edit the post. But the influencers and z-list celebs who complain about the site. They forget they have willingly put themselves in the media spotlight therefore making them a public persona who can be criticised and most of the time rightly so for their behaviour and the money grabbing tit that they keep doing. Their narcissism refuses to allow them to understand that not everyone is going to like, love and applaud you.

If you don’t like it, ignore it, it sounds hard and it probably is as it will irk at you, but you can’t regulate peoples opinions and thoughts to accommodate your feelings and ego.