Why don't we use Twitter?

[wisdomwizard]

What I mean by that isn't "DUH, HEY PEOPLEZ!! WHAT FOR YOU NOT ATZ THE TWITTERZEZSES!!!!111??!!".



I get why some people don't do social media. What I mean is, if WWE still has a lot of problems why not do something about? WWE pays a ton of attention to Twitter still. Why dont' we just use Twitter to voice what we want to them? And I don't mean spamming Vince's account with #CenaSucks/#CenaRulz, I mean making as many of our own Twitter hastags, and not just during the week, I mean why not get them to trend during the most random of times throughout each week? Maybe in conjunction with other wrestling boards and use Facebook hashtags (yes, they have them too) and YouTube videos?

[xCompackx]

Honestly, with all the avenues where criticism of WWE takes place (forums, Youtube comments aside from "PG SUKS!", etc.), they probably know what people think about their product. I really doubt they consider Twitter a legit forum for people to express thoughts about things.

[mizerable]

Unless it dramatically effects how much money WWE is making, they don't care about what we think.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I'm scared of what would happen to Miz or Ryder if WWE actually listened to the internet.

[Chip]

WWE only pays attention to what they want. They will claim that Hell in a Cell is a trending term but that doesn't necessarily mean it's trending for the right reasons. Half of the people tweeting that term could be calling it a shit show but WWE doesn't look into it before tooting their own horn.

[wisdomwizard]

If it were more organized than just a bunch of random comments. And as for effecting the money they make, if its played out right, using the social media pages for whoever sponsors them for whatever week could work.

[Deleted]

WWE already listens about as much as they're going to. They know what people want and act/don't act on it according to their whim.

[Deleted]

I can only imagine what bullshit HHH and Steph have show up on their feed. There are a lot of dumb wrestling fans out there.

[Deleted]

If they wanted our opinion, they could easily find it by skimming forums, Youtube comments and such. I kinda doubt Twitter would be the one that would turn the tide.

I'm sure they're at least vaguely aware of what the fans think, but we're smarks. We're not where the real money is.

[saintpat]

I want to see tweets like this:

Hell in a Cell sucked balls. #watcheditonillegalstream

Honestly, from this board over the years one of the conclusions I have come to is that the harshest critics of WWE:

a) Admit they don't watch the product regularly or go to shows

b) When they watch PPVs, they watch them without paying for them

I know that's not true for all critics or all criticisms, but it's true for a lot of people on this board who complain the most. Why should WWE care more about people who don't watch and don't go to shows and don't pay for PPVs than about the audience that does -- and I know the "if WWE did things better then they would watch/buy merch/pay for PPVs," but I really don't believe that to be true (they didn't all line up and change their habits after the Pipe Bomb, for instance) and if WWE did a lot of things these critics want, it would be offset by turning away actual paying customers.

The other thing is, whatever hashtags you want to come up with, make sure to come up with one expressing the opposite opinion: for every person in the mythical IWC who wants/wanted Zack Ryder to get a major push there are just as many who did not want that, to give one of a thousand possible examples.

Bottom line is it won't work because while the casuals/marks may all tweet #JohnCena when he made his return on Raw, you couldn't get enough of a collective voice for any single idea from all the message boards and other outlets where dissatisfied WWE fans hang out.

But it would be a great social media experiment to come up with an idea or hashtag that you think everyone can agree on and try to get it all sent out at, say, noon ET next Wednesday.

[SEAN CARLESS]

Nov 1, 2013 2:16:21 GMT -5 @lesscra said:

If they wanted our opinion, they could easily find it by skimming forums, Youtube comments and such. I kinda doubt Twitter would be the one that would turn the tide.

I'm sure they're at least vaguely aware of what the fans think, but we're smarks. We're not where the real money is.

Actually we're where most of the money is. The problem is however that we give it to them regardless of content.

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Nov 1, 2013 18:25:09 GMT -5 SEAN CARLESS said:

Nov 1, 2013 2:16:21 GMT -5 @lesscra said:

If they wanted our opinion, they could easily find it by skimming forums, Youtube comments and such. I kinda doubt Twitter would be the one that would turn the tide.

I'm sure they're at least vaguely aware of what the fans think, but we're smarks. We're not where the real money is.

Actually we're where most of the money is. The problem is however that we give it to them regardless of content.

Exactly. The "smarks" are most of the teen/adult fanbase now. You'd think why CM Punk got so popular in the first place (being the anti-Cena dark horse who rose through the indies to a huge debut in 06, and later, did worked shoots that has "redefined" worked shoots) would be a good illustration of how it's done.