TLDR continued:
- re: breaking lockdown rules - speculation that TB had her nails done in her home during lockdown.
- re: declaring ads - posters noted that there is a way to report ads that break the rules with the ASA (page 31). General frustration about the amount of ads vs more personal content, some posters felt her page was becoming a bit boring and directionless.
- a poster found several suspect looking (potentially bought) bot followers (page 32, post 642). Another poster noted that TB's enagement seems to be a lot lower than averrage at 1% (page 32, post 638).
- some discussion around TB's family name change, from O'Brien to Brien. This is public knowledge and is speculated that it was changed to 'appeal to both sides [of the NI] market'.
- TB, or someone close to TB created a tattle account called
NorthCoastQueen85.
This account posted a link directly to the insta stories of a scam account called something like Northern Irish influencer watch. The insta page featured 12 photos of NI influencers with disparaging comments in the captions. As the post linked directly to stories, it meant that
anyone clicking the link had their personal insta revealed in the story views. What northcoastqueen may not have realised is that the account was somehow linked to TB's account, whether through email or
IP address (this lie that influencers spread explained here) , and
would have come up organically in people's insta recommendations and discover pages. This means that
genuine followers and fans and casual tattle readers would have also been on the 'list'.
- TB blocked a number of accounts, then the next day dramatically posted 5 insta stories about being trolled and left instagram. (Screenshots of this are shown on page 38, post 755). She said she was happy and felt like she had 'won'. She cryptically said
she 'may or may not' be back. The northcoastqueen account was shown to be looking on tattle immediately after this, possibly to see the reaction. Meanwhile she posted 11 pics in 7 days on her private insta account. The northcoastqueen account deleted.
- Cathy Martin made a grid post about TB being trolled. She spent hours responding to (sometimes more than once) and deleting comments and insulting tattle users (apparently we are all
jealous, fuckwit nobodies!). She claimed to have had 4 hours of sleep. She was criticised here for placing herself at the centre of the issue and playing up to the drama. CM also named tattle, bringing a lot of new posters and fueling speculation around her motives.
- CM claimed to have seen the 'list' of trolls and described their jobs. She claimed to have IP addressed and other information, which as a commenter here posted was not possible and therefore a lie. The 'list' seems to have been shown to other influencers, namely Gemma Garret (as a tattle user was blocked by her). It was pointed out that this was a serious GDPR breach as it is likely that people's full names featured in the 'list'. It was suggested that several 'influencers' as tagged in a post by Rebecca Maguire (page 47, post 939) were behind the northcoastqueen and NI influencer watch page (Cathy Martin, Gemma Garret, Mellissa Riddle, Tiffany herself, and a couple of others)
- CM attempted to start a hashtag weloveyoutiffany which was a washout.
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a screenshot was posted of a transphobic meme that TB had liked. (page 38, post 741, attached below)
- yet more accounts
(skay & Rach-el) appeared defending TB and were then deleted
- valid, considered and eloquent responses were posted highlighting the hypocrisy in TB's 'final' stories. A robust discussion was had around accountability and the differences between being accountable and bullying / trolling. There is a general frustration around the NI blogger 'scene' and posters feel they display a sense of entitlement by refusing to engage with anyone who questions or challenges them.
- as predicted by a tattle poster, an article appeared in the belfast telegraph about TB leaving insta. It was speculated that this was prompted by CM or TB. The response to this in comments on facebook and twitter was largely negative (page 45, post 889, 896, 926). Screenshots show that TB went on and liked the few positive comments.
- some posters reflected and apologised for posting derogatory comments about TB. The thread was then closed by admin whilst TB's insta was down.
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a week later and hey presto, TB's insta is back up and running with no apologies and a gifted Smeg mixer.
- Rebecca Mckinney's (Cool fm DJ) IGTV about trolling was discussed. Tattle posters questioned whether the insults she mentioned had actually been made on tattle. Posters made very reasoned arguments around influencers to taking (or more accurately not taking) accountability for problematic behaviours. It was pointed out that it is hypocritical and reductive to claim that tattle posters are mentally unwell and have miserable lives, and for influencers to present themselves as victims. It was also noted that Rebecca McKinney specifically directed her IGTV towards women and this was felt to be condescending.
- at the very end of the thread, a poster pointed out that TB had liked a tweet that was defending Ulster rugby players who were defendents in the well known 2018 rape trial. A screenshot has been posted in the second thread and discussion around this continued.
If you’ve made it this far.... thanks
in the words of hinch, ATV, hope this helps
so it was nice to get my teeth stuck into something for an hour or so.
