I know it's been a little while since I posted something on here. And my last post produced quite an outcry of laughter from the accounts I've heard. I called it a "pipe bomb" and honestly in many ways it definitely was. To be honest, I could've ruined many people's lives with that post but instead I made it unscathing and it still came off as quite interesting to the many readers.
Tonight's post is in an awkward state because honestly, it's hard to follow the act of the Cleat Chaser Pipe Bomb but this one will be scathing and in many ways another pipe bomb. It may not be nearly as funny but here goes.
What I'm addressing tonight isn't anywhere near as simple as the last post. This is another twitter issue that time and time again seems to cross into my timeline. The term I've created for this act is called "Search Stalking" and it's the act of a twitter user who searches their name on twitter to see what everyone is saying about them. It doesn't cause any trouble but often these people go crazy on people who say bad things about them as if they were searching for trouble in the first place. It's something that I've seen a lot of on twitter and I'm going to first talk about the people who are offenders of this and then I'll do a quick analysis.
Most of the offenders of this twitter sin are either one of two things: athletes or their girlfriends. For example, when a starting pitcher is having a terrible start there's often a lot of frustration coming from fans who are live tweeting about the game. And the girlfriend of that particular starting pitcher is often very anxious and is checking twitter. Often this particular girlfriend will type the name of her boyfriend and go onto bitch out all who say "bad things" about that boyfriend.
I know MANY people who have been victims of this. And I've even found out that companies will search stalk particular terms and confront twitter users. I think we've all seen it happen from time to time whenever a fan and a WAG (wife or girlfriend of an athlete) go a it, this is usually the cause. I'm here to tell you that in no way shape or form is the WAG right to participate in this behavior. Many players' WAGs on the A's have done this and automatically I judge them for it.
Whether they care to admit it or not, WAGs are public figures just like their significant others are. And with that comes plenty of responsibility. And part of that responsibility is remaining calm and professional when fans are frustrated. Now when fans litter that WAG's mentions with hate and all that it's fair game for the WAG to respond, let's make that clear. I have no problem when they defend themselves when people mention them but when they openly search for trouble they are in the wrong.
Other offenders of this sin include minor league ballplayers who search their name because they're looking for "twitter tale" since it must be hard to get lonely going to god awful towns that no on one would willingly go to. So I guess understand the minor leaguers who search stalk any broad who says something about them. (LOL)
Now the question is, why do they do it? I've been told that some of them do it to inflate their giant ego and see what great things their legions of fans are saying about them. And others are just so insecure that they have to confront every jackass who wants to use their first amendment rights. Why they are that dumb to engage with morons like that is beyond me.
Now what's your story? Has this happened to you? Leave a comment.
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