I'm not in favour of real names and having to register with your passport say because in a lot if countries your life could be in danger for posting stuff on social.nedia that alerts the wider world to human rights abuses. Also, if anyone watched 24 hours in police custody it would have prevented the victim being found.
I think social media reflects the way things have changed since rich owners started turbo charging historically mediocre clubs. Some fans are only there because of the good times and can’t accept anything else, and there will always be some that go too far out of disappointment.
I’ve said it before; my Twitter feed is funny and enlightening too. Whereas I have terrible stories about Facebook (had to mute several relatives and ex ‘school friends’) and my experience of forums isn’t exactly spotless either (had some abuse and threats of violence).
I agree with this. I've been on twitter since 2010 and I just don't see the sort of rubbish that gets mentioned. Its obviously out there, but you choose what you follow and who you engage with and who engages with you. Sadly it seems there are people who will follow celebs, sports clubs and players and just hurl abuse. But its like anything. Give a racist moron any form of instrument and they'll find a way to use it in a way they shouldn't. Having said that, it's pretty shameful these incredibly powerful platforms can't manage their own systems effectively. Oh, and well done Swansea and Birmingham City.
I use twitter quite a lot, for getting info from people I want to get info from. mostly bands, record labels, gig venues, music festivals etc. I guess the problems starts, when you start looking at replies to tweets that people put out. I never do though, so I honestly never get to see any of $hite that goes on.
Rangers are having a seven day blackout from 7pm tonight. Can't help but feel this should have been a number of clubs coming together for a week long blackout now - but these in particular have had issues with racism in recent days.
Can’t stand the club and not sure this stance will achieve much - but I’m 100% behind them and applaud them for their actions. Would be great if the whole “football family” united and blocked social media platforms, that would certainly draw attention to the issue and hopefully persuade Twitter and the like to address what is obviously a problem.
Not sure tbh. If they did, good on them. However, it needs the publicity of the Premier League to maximise and intensify the pressure on the social media platforms. I’m a football nut - so the fact that I’m unaware of the previous league 1 action just emphasises this.
Fair enough, wasn’t aware of this and it clearly wasn’t high profile enough. If the Premier League clubs in particular were to say in a united stance that they’re shutting down all their accounts, along with their players, staff etc. for say a month, then I’m sure that Twitter and the like will have their minds focussed on finding a solution. Imagine the worldwide publicity that would generate. Until it costs them they’re not concerned.