Just read the article. "
Last month, content creator and influencer Em Sheldon met with the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS). There, she told MPs about the “dark spaces of the internet”, on forum sites like Tattle Life, where “grown women with children” target influencers, bloggers and other public figures with relentless abuse." Grown women with children is such an odd thing to highlight?
The article also highlights that it's anonymous here and you don't need to give personal details to sign up. This is the same as social media and other forums. I'm anonymous here because I'm careful about what I put on the internet for safety - not because I'm ashamed of my opinions. Im private everywhere. I have never said anything here that I consider hateful or that would get me fired from my job. I'm here because I find influencer culture and how many of them behave so shady, disingenuous, and fascinating. I'm not sure if this is worded very well but I find the psychology of it very interesting, as it's such a new career and new type of celebrity, the impacts of which are unknown - for influencer and followers. I know social media and following influencers has impacted my mental health previously which is why I don't follow any anymore. I think we deserve to be able to discuss things like this somewhere. Who are influencers accountable to?
Why do journalists writing about us apparent "trolls" never touch on these points?
I do think some threads on here are too intense and go too far. I avoid them. The same as I would on Twitter etc, and report anything that is necessary.
The article also comments on being able to find where influencers live. Influencers themselves make it obvious where they live, especially now they all want to do house renovation accounts to get freebies. Some users do make it obvious when they find their house though which I don't agree with, e.g. not directly posting the address but by posting things like "search this" "the street name rhymes with" etc, though I've always seen mods remove this.
I think Pandora and Dollys threads have been pretty tame, posted in by people who have followed them and supported them, but it's opened up interesting discussions about class and wealth and inclusivity which I find interesting.
This is probs super long haha sorry!