Danny Mackey: "On March 3rd my life turned into a nightmare. Since then, it’s been worse. I’ve heard people talk about meeting the Devil, and what that can do to your heart, soul, brain and

Facebook 2008 wrote:

Often, social media posts are calculated in such a way to draw the most attention possible. Teenagers would post stuff like "I'm done with you" on facebook 10-15 years ago, and people would respond trying to figure out who "you" was or what was going on, where if the teen had said "I'm done with Sarah" there wouldn't be as much engagement because the story is all told. A bit of mystery or leaving things unspoken drives engagement.

GettingFasterDude wrote:

Facebook 2008 wrote:

Often, social media posts are calculated in such a way to draw the most attention possible. Teenagers would post stuff like "I'm done with you" on facebook 10-15 years ago, and people would respond trying to figure out who "you" was or what was going on, where if the teen had said "I'm done with Sarah" there wouldn't be as much engagement because the story is all told. A bit of mystery or leaving things unspoken drives engagement.

Agree. If you make a direct post about something tragic, people will give a reply of condolences then move on. But if it's indirect and vague, it gets way more attention and holds it longer. People will endlessly speculate, wonder, guess what it might be about. Their imaginations will run wild and keep their interest longer than actually getting to the point.

Facebook 2008 wrote:

If you're going to share, then share wrote:

I'm not hating on him and absolutely wish him all the best, but why do so many people feel like they have to share details of their private life on the internet for all to see? What's extra odd about this is he's sharing something but not really sharing anything.

Often, social media posts are calculated in such a way to draw the most attention possible. Teenagers would post stuff like "I'm done with you" on facebook 10-15 years ago, and people would respond trying to figure out who "you" was or what was going on, where if the teen had said "I'm done with Sarah" there wouldn't be as much engagement because the story is all told. A bit of mystery or leaving things unspoken drives engagement.

sadly know wrote:

No kidding. Leave it to letsrun.com anons to think a person they’ve never met owes them an explanation for the unexpected horrors they’ve been through in the last six months or else it didn’t happen.

acekn wrote:

sadly know wrote:

No kidding. Leave it to letsrun.com anons to think a person they’ve never met owes them an explanation for the unexpected horrors they’ve been through in the last six months or else it didn’t happen.

oh relax

no one thinks Danny owes anyone anything, just noting it's natural to be curious and speculate when there is an intense but vague post on a public instagram page.

Also, if he's making himself feel better over a devastating situation that's totally fine to do but the verbiage was intense so it's natural for people to be concerned.

Runner10287 wrote:

This. People fish for outrage per usual.

Danicmic1 wrote:

So who is Katie Follet? They had a son? New person who is not in picture on way or the other had a daughter with him. Is this the same Danny Mackey?

acekn wrote:

Link:www.runnersworld.com/news/a20807392/wa...

some context.

NAUSUCCS wrote:

acekn wrote:

Link:www.runnersworld.com/news/a20807392/wa...

some context.

That’s his ex.