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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 29, 2019 19:29:10 GMT -5
a lot of them will only reply to being dissed. Some guys have been teased or gotten heat for retweeting compliments. Try not to take it personally They'll still sometimes like tweets of compliments. Jeff Cobb liked one of mine where I said he was maybe ROH's best assets. (Naturally, ROH then had him lose to Taven, so maybe I jinxed him.)
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Post by edgestar on Aug 29, 2019 20:01:34 GMT -5
I wouldn't get too upset about a wrestler not interacting with me, on Twitter. Edge, Beth and Terri, have all liked some of my tweets. I tweeted Christian, thanking him, for being really nice when I met him, and he didn't reply, but, he also has other engagements to do, plus he has his family. I'm sure he appreciated that I enjoyed meeting him, but, his family/work, come before replying to a tweet that I sent him.
Good luck to you!!!
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on Aug 29, 2019 20:08:33 GMT -5
Not famous but I've worked with some really famous people. Just about all of them were good people (screw you David Duchovny) who really do love their fans. However, appreciating support of people is way different than wanting to interact with every one of them or, for that matter, being able to interact with all of them. You have to understand there are people who are supporting characters on shows that were cancelled years ago who still get hundreds of emails, texts, and social media interactions a day. It would be impossible to keep up with all of them so for the most part they keep it limited to liking comments or very brief 'Thanks!'. Also, each personal interactioon leads to hundreds more because people see them interacting with one person so they assume it's open season.
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Post by Jacy Derangement Syndrome on Aug 29, 2019 20:24:29 GMT -5
If wrestlers tried to interact with every fan that had a question for them they would be miserable.
Also this is like the exact level of entitlement that scares wrestlers off from interacting with fans more deeply.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Aug 29, 2019 22:18:00 GMT -5
I believe Eminem wrote a song about this. đ
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Post by Venti on Aug 29, 2019 22:32:52 GMT -5
My advice would be to take a long break from social media like Twitter or Instagram or whatever else if it is that much of a trigger for these feelings.
I've mostly stayed off social media(for completely different reasons) and it's done wonders for my mental health.
Plus, I think twitter kinda ruins the mystique of lots of wrestlers, anyway.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Aug 29, 2019 22:33:39 GMT -5
Many wrestlers barely have time for their own friends and family. They donât really have time to open lines of communication with fans or strangers. Iâve rarely sent tweets but many were missed or ignored. Others were liked or responded to. Then the interaction ends. It was more than enough for me. I see many fans try to keep conversations going after getting a response and the wrestler bails out. Iâve seen some people get upset and say things like âSorry for being a fanâ or âI just wanted to say thanks for signing my poster!â A lot of fans crave interaction with wrestlers. Itâs not unusual but my advice would be to keep it extremely casual if youâre going to tweet them. Iâve had much better interactions in person because even though we were in public it was a safer place to have a private conversation because thereâs no public record of our conversation.
Wrestlers use twitter primarily to move their merch and advertise shows theyâre appearing on or to chat with their fellow co-workers. Some fans go overboard and tweet them far too much. There have been fans that have violated the trust given to them by some wrestlers. A fan went public with a private conversation with Mick Foley that got him into some trouble. Then you have fans that target certain wrestlers and try to get them fired. Some of those incidents involved a backlash that may have been justified but you can see where it would cause them to be hesitant to interact with fans. You canât blame them for wanting to keep a distance from strangers. We use twitter for fun. They use it for business. Twitter is an open social forum but there are still boundaries to respect.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 0:22:24 GMT -5
Watch wrestling. Be a fan, with some distance. Stay off social media.
Pretend it's the 90's and the only way you can communicate with wrestlers you are a fan of is by maybe seeing them at a meet & greet. Because, honestly, that's the way it should be. Having the ability to easily @ famous people on Twitter has blurred the line between members of the audience and that wrestler's personal circle of friends and family. There should be a line.
If you learn their real name, don't send friend requests to their personal account. As has already been stated in this thread, the main reasons wrestlers have social media presence is to get/promote bookings, sell merchandise, and maybe also communicate with their co-workers. If fans occasionally get a reply, too.... then great. But it's not their job to treat all of their followers like their close friends. Their job is being a wrestler, and selling their character/tickets/merchandise to their fan base. Don't be offended by this fact.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 30, 2019 8:06:23 GMT -5
Most wrestlers and celebrities- emphasis on âmostâ- are basically normal people whose work involves them being in the public a lot, so theyâre going to likely have more tied-up schedules than the average person.
Even if I really look up to someone, I donât expect them by default to take time to respond to me they may not have at the moment. If they do, well lucky me, but I donât make it an absolute priority.
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Post by Dub H on Aug 30, 2019 8:18:08 GMT -5
a lot of them will only reply to being dissed. Some guys have been teased or gotten heat for retweeting compliments. Try not to take it personally They'll still sometimes like tweets of compliments. Jeff Cobb liked one of mine where I said he was maybe ROH's best assets. (Naturally, ROH then had him lose to Taven, so maybe I jinxed him.) Now Cobb goes to sleep every night " f***ing Mozenrath Jinxed my whole career,i'm going to get him ,just he wait".
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 30, 2019 8:23:43 GMT -5
I'll occasionally send a message to someone semi-famous on Instagram, just never expect a reply.
It's usually a joke or something, doesn't invite a reply, I just hope that maaaaaaaybe they see it and it gives them a chuckle.
Some of it can be expectation and how you align that. I send this stuff, and that's all there is, when they actually reply it makes my day. Don't expect to have any real connection, just a little bonus in life.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 13:30:06 GMT -5
Dude I like you so don't take this the wrong way, but they don't have time for you. They are famous and busy, and when they have down time they want to talk to their family and friends, not their fans.
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Post by 111111 on Aug 30, 2019 14:10:11 GMT -5
Youâve got to remember at the end of the day none of us know these people, we might feel like we do because we follow them on socials and watch them on tv but we are just seeing what they chose to present to us.
Look for role models and support in the real world, wrestlers arenât any different to the people around you, they just have a bigger megaphone.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 30, 2019 14:49:43 GMT -5
Youâve got to remember at the end of the day none of us know these people, we might feel like we do because we follow them on socials and watch them on tv but we are just seeing what they chose to present to us. Look for role models and support in the real world, wrestlers arenât any different to the people around you, they just have a bigger megaphone. Speak for yourself. Mara Wilson's liked a couple of my tweets, which means that me and Matilda are basically besties.
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