Caution, Rant Ahead
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should
I've noticed people on twitter (and it tends to be the same people) include G in their convos. As in adding @GACKT to their list of names. And it bugs the crap out of me and asked them to stop. And why. Tonight I got jumped on and essentially told that we shouldn't be telling other people what to tweet and not tweet, and that tweets are free so people should feel free to do however they want. Courtesy being lost here.
-for one, the Mentions list is not infinite. For those of us who don't get millions of tweets we'd not notice. But for someone like GACKT who gets tons of tweets a DAY, every random tweet like a convo you're having with your friends bumps away a direct tweet from a fan asking him a question or paying him a compliment. This means he'll never see that tweet because it's too low on his Mentions list, Twitter won't load it.
-As harsh as this is going to sound, tagging him in your convo doesn't mean he'll join in. One, he'll be trying to figure out just what is going on, and two the convo will be over by the time he sees it. So you've wasted all his time for what? A convo he doesn't understand? When he's got all these other tweets he's trying to keep up with and answer?
-Like omg_its_gackt and excused_early pointed out, it's disrespectful to him and to other fans. In my view it's basically like saying "I don't care that G has thousands of tweets to try and read, or that there are other fans trying to reach him. My conversation is more important." As a fan who has tried tweeting him and still to get a response, and knowing that my tweets may not have even had a chance to be seen because of this stuff, doesn't make me feel all fuzzy.
I guess this is the downside to having him so accessible. People want to include him in everything. It's not that I don't understand the sentiment, but Twitter's just not the platform for it. It's too restrictive.
I've noticed people on twitter (and it tends to be the same people) include G in their convos. As in adding @GACKT to their list of names. And it bugs the crap out of me and asked them to stop. And why. Tonight I got jumped on and essentially told that we shouldn't be telling other people what to tweet and not tweet, and that tweets are free so people should feel free to do however they want. Courtesy being lost here.
-for one, the Mentions list is not infinite. For those of us who don't get millions of tweets we'd not notice. But for someone like GACKT who gets tons of tweets a DAY, every random tweet like a convo you're having with your friends bumps away a direct tweet from a fan asking him a question or paying him a compliment. This means he'll never see that tweet because it's too low on his Mentions list, Twitter won't load it.
-As harsh as this is going to sound, tagging him in your convo doesn't mean he'll join in. One, he'll be trying to figure out just what is going on, and two the convo will be over by the time he sees it. So you've wasted all his time for what? A convo he doesn't understand? When he's got all these other tweets he's trying to keep up with and answer?
-Like omg_its_gackt and excused_early pointed out, it's disrespectful to him and to other fans. In my view it's basically like saying "I don't care that G has thousands of tweets to try and read, or that there are other fans trying to reach him. My conversation is more important." As a fan who has tried tweeting him and still to get a response, and knowing that my tweets may not have even had a chance to be seen because of this stuff, doesn't make me feel all fuzzy.
I guess this is the downside to having him so accessible. People want to include him in everything. It's not that I don't understand the sentiment, but Twitter's just not the platform for it. It's too restrictive.