Post Olympics (September 2024) Articles and Social Media posts

[MaryClare]

Did someone really trash her for that? I've been saying she needs to hand over her social media accounts to a professional since 2018! She can have very locked down not public social media, but someone like Simone (really, any high-profile athlete) probably shouldn't be mixing their personal and professional life on social media. Especially Simone, since she evidenced zero self-control on numerous occasions.

Yes, I’m sure no one is happier about Simone deleting Twitter than her PR team

 

[rlayt]

Definitely a positive step.

I’m sure it’s hard to step back from being an everyday person participating in all that social media interaction. It might be beyond her level of self-reflection.

 

[Denn]

Twitter is Elon Musk's porn site. He literally changed its name to "X".

Using it for anything else is disrespectful to porn creators.

 

[RichardL]

Twitter is Elon Musk's porn site. He literally changed its name to "X".

Using it for anything else is disrespectful to porn creators.

Denn you are so funny about this! Despite the fact that it's been taken over by fascists, there is much more to the platform than porn. A vibrant film criticism community, literary community, etc, and those are just the ones I read. I've never even seen porn there!

 

[IratePanda]

Twitter is Elon Musk's porn site. He literally changed its name to "X".

Using it for anything else is disrespectful to porn creators.

 

[IratePanda]

Gross.

 

[Kara]

The morons on Reddit are arguing over whether or not Simone ending her Olympic day photo dump with an "okay, I'm done" caption is a retirement announcement when she clearly meant she was done posting that set of pictures.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

The morons on Reddit are arguing over whether or not Simone ending her Olympic day photo dump with an "okay, I'm done" caption is a retirement announcement when she clearly meant she was done posting that set of pictures.

I got banned from the Gymnastics subreddit because I called out that asshat Katherine Keirns too many times. Badge of honor!

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

The morons on Reddit are arguing over whether or not Simone ending her Olympic day photo dump with an "okay, I'm done" caption is a retirement announcement when she clearly meant she was done posting that set of pictures.

I'm reminded of Derek Bentley's murder trial hinging on whether telling his armed accomplice to "let him have it" was an instruction to shoot or to surrender the gun.

 

[IratePanda]

I got banned from the Gymnastics subreddit because I called out that asshat Katherine Keirns too many times. Badge of honor!

Definitely! I'm only a lurker on Reddit. (I've started typing out some replies, but then I say, "Why bother?") But this Katherine Keirns character is interesting. Does someone pay her to carpetbomb the gymternet with bad takes (and terrible writing)?

 

[Denn]

Gross.

Which part — that Musk owns twitter, that hordes of people use it to share porn content, or that some people use X solely to consume such content and nothing else?

My post was intended to poke fun at all 3 -- while also supporting the earlier-stated idea that I don't believe anyone should use it anymore for anything that matters. In case that wasn't obvious.

 

[RedBirdie]

Definitely! I'm only a lurker on Reddit. (I've started typing out some replies, but then I say, "Why bother?") But this Katherine Keirns character is interesting. Does someone pay her to carpetbomb the gymternet with bad takes (and terrible writing)?

Bad takes, terrible writing, AND an overinflated opinion of herself.

 

[flappergirl]

Did someone really trash her for that? I've been saying she needs to hand over her social media accounts to a professional since 2018! She can have very locked down not public social media, but someone like Simone (really, any high-profile athlete) probably shouldn't be mixing their personal and professional life on social media. Especially Simone, since she evidenced zero self-control on numerous occasions.

Definitely read a whole thread trashing her about using professionals or AI, like it was disingenuous, but don’t think it was here. I should have led with where I read it… maybe on Reddit or instagram.

 

[JDB]

Twitter has a 30 day grace period for account deletions, so Biles can reactivate her account. Let's return to this thread in July to see if she's off the platform for real.

 

[RedBirdie]

Definitely! I'm only a lurker on Reddit. (I've started typing out some replies, but then I say, "Why bother?") But this Katherine Keirns character is interesting. Does someone pay her to carpetbomb the gymternet with bad takes (and terrible writing)?

Also, I can't decided what's worse: Keirn's self-righteous posts about the ethical struggles of being a gymnastics citizen journalist, or the Joscelyn Roberson fanclub that is convinced she's gonna be a world AA medalist.