I’m sending this to artists/celebrities I follow that I’ve seen this happen to. If they get a chance to read this hopefully they’ll know that not everyone is an insane idiot.
Where is it written in the tweeting by-laws that random people that claim to be “fans” can tweet some of the foulest shit to artists and celebrities? The person on the receiving end of your tweet is a human being and not some type of “tweet-monkey” that exists to dance and entertain you.
“You don’t respond to all your followers.” “I’m your biggest fan, why don’t you reply to me?” A – THEY DON’T KNOW YOU. B – They have thousands, hundreds of thousands and in some cases, over a million followers. How can they really reply to everyone? C – They got shit to do. Remember that shit they did that made you want to follow them in the first place? They have to do more of that type of shit.
“You tweet too much.” “You re-tweet too much.” “You only tweet promotional shit.” “Your tweets aren’t as funny/cool as I thought they’d be.” Motherfucker, YOU started following THEM. They did NOT INVITE you! You could even check out what their twitter feed was like BEFORE following them. I’ve not followed many people because their twitter feed did not interest me. I have a brain that grants me the power to make that choice.
If I follow someone and then realize following them is no longer fun I can quietly un-follow that person. QUI-ET-LY. There is no need for me to un-follow them and have some sort of final tweet closure to tell them exactly where they went wrong in my eyes. Just like if I INVITE MYSELF over to someone’s house that I DON’T KNOW and I don’t care for their décor or the food they serve or the temperature inside their house, there is NO NEED to dump that all on this person on my way out the fucking door. What purpose does that serve? They didn’t know me and didn’t invite me to-fucking-begin-with. Are they then going to say “You know, that random person is right … it is cold in here.” Doubtful. Tweeting to Judd Apatow that he re-tweets too much and you’re going to un-follow him, really? If he’s crying over your twitter exit I’m sure he can wipe away those tears with that big bag in his safe marked “40-Year-Old Virgin money.”
The point to all this is, I just wish people would use some common fucking sense. The person on the other end of your tweet is a human being. I’m pretty certain that if you encountered them in person you would not have the balls to say any of that bullshit directly to them, so stop tweeting it to them from your parent’s basement.
-CToastD
I follow a lot of celebrities on Twitter. In fact, I got a Twitter account originally to follow celebrities. Once in a while I will tweet them. On the top of my head: I’ve told Craig Ferguson that I couldn’t wait to read his book, I’ve asked Danny Pudi about a question about the filming of one of his Community episodes, I sent a link to Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever and Nathan Fillion about a funny youtube video I thought they would appreciate and I’ve told a journalist that his column is my favorite part of a certain publication. I’ve probably received a couple of responses. Each time, I was surprised. People who have thousands of followers, are likely to get as many tweets sents @ them every day. Replying to every single one that has something interesting to say would take over an entire day.
What I don’t understand is the people who spam them with dozens of messages, requests for shout-outs, “I don’t like what you just tweeted”s, “Come to this tiny village in the back of no where”, “Retweet me because if you don’t I will die from loneliness!”.
What gives you the right to think they owe you anything? Maybe they did get a Twitter for the fans, and I’m sure they do appreciate every one of you, but they don’t KNOW you. Just because you happen to know what they ate for breakfast does not make you friends. If having your own desperate plea for a birthday shout out retweeted to the masses by someone really makes your day/life worthwhile then I’d be concerned.
Why does a twitter handle and a profile picture take away the humanity of these people. Maybe they do have glamorous lives, and live in LA/NYC/a jet plane. Maybe they do go to work and put a bunch of make up and look beautiful and get to wear pretty dresses and dashing suits. But they get up most mornings and go to work, and some of them try very hard at that work and some of them try very hard to stay cheerful when they are being asked the same question for the 20th time and they’ve just crossed 4 time zones and they’ve been in stilettos for 3 days straight. Why does that make anyone think that it’s okay to send them shit about how much they tweet? Or even worse, about their lives outside twitter. Why would anyone in the world send hate to a teenage girl for dating a teenage boy. Or hate to a sit-com writer for not making every single minute in his 22 minute episode so funny you pee your pants, or to badmouth a show producer because he’s trying hard to evolve a show into something new and unforgettable, or to a young vlogger because he won’t tweet you back. You wouldn’t do this to your friends, you wouldn’t do it to your family, you probably wouldn’t do it to a stranger you met on the street or your college professor. You follow these people for a reason: most of the time it’s because you appreciate them, or their work or both. So show them some fucking appreciation. Or at least, some respect.
