I am staggered that any public facing person allows comments from strangers. Or at least that their federation/management team doesn't strongly advice them to turn them off.
There is no upside, even from the positive comments.
Imagine the hate sha’cari gets everyday of her life with her 3.7 million followers. Social media is very toxic. People are too comfortable on there to hate and or sexualize others. It does you no good being on it.
People are a-holes. Going to a guy's Insta to troll them after they underperform is ridiculous. It's easy to say runners should either delegate this like Josh Kerr (costs $$) or just ignore it, but a lot of them generate value to their sponsors through their social media. So, that's a little naive.
People can be real d1cks especially as Olli has been so open about how he struggled at times with his mental health. But I was also surprised to hear on Coffee Club that the boys are still tuned into social media into he build-up to the Olympics. Kerr made a point last year of (which he has repeated this year) of just disconnecting completely. He even gave up his phone and got a new one with no apps and only gave the number to his closest circle. Getting locked in and shutting out the noise seems like the way to go
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No one, not even athletes, should have public social media. It is not mentally healthy. I guarantee if Lebron wanted to drop sm he would still do fine in the contract and endorsement realm so that isn't an excuse.
I don't have anyone I don't know in real life, and know as in am friends or colleagues with and see face to face, allowed to see my posts and that includes Strava. I actually only allow one person to see my Strava because we travel for races together
Why not just quit using it? Why the declaration? Seems like it would just make things worse. Having said this, I don't have social media, so I have no idea.
Lashing out because some other dude failed to perform up to your expectations in an individual sport is truly insane to me. Why would anyone other than Olli Hoare be mad at Olli Hoare for not making it to the semis?
Lashing out because some other dude failed to perform up to your expectations in an individual sport is truly insane to me. Why would anyone other than Olli Hoare be mad at Olli Hoare for not making it to the semis?
Athletes benefit financially from those who follow them. When they are paid, I expect a certain performance level from them. When I bet on them with Fan Duel, I really expect a certain level from them and I get pissed when I lose money on them. When I am pissed I post angry messages on social media. That being said, I did not bet on anything on Olli or Stewie. But if Hocker goes out in the semis, he can expect some SM blowback from KoffeeKlubBro65239.
I admire and appreciate Olli as a runner, and hope he can bounce back physically and mentally from a difficult stretch.
That said, it has seemed to me that he too often seeks attention, approval, and validation from social media. The black nail polish, the hair dyes, some of the bombast on CoffeeClub-- all yellow flags.
Hope the withdrawal from social media helps him to rebalance himself, and perform up to his potential.
Lashing out because some other dude failed to perform up to your expectations in an individual sport is truly insane to me. Why would anyone other than Olli Hoare be mad at Olli Hoare for not making it to the semis?
He’s whining a ton. Even college players get hate comments / DMs if they play poorly and someone bets on them. So why should a pro be so soft and coddled?
It goes with the territory. You can't only get the likes if you're a public figure who regularly post on IG. And he did have a miserable performance. He has to own up to it.
People are a-holes. Going to a guy's Insta to troll them after they underperform is ridiculous. It's easy to say runners should either delegate this like Josh Kerr (costs $) or just ignore it, but a lot of them generate value to their sponsors through their social media. So, that's a little naive.
It’s an entitled society that believes wholeheartedly that they need to express what they think. Prior to social media, you had to say it to people’s faces. Imagine that.