#you were kinda aggressive but im /nm btw i re read my post and the first part (without the reblog) sounds like im demanding mcctrend

[angeloncewas]

I understand your point, but it's really not as black and white as you're making it out to be.

Ariana Grande has millions of fans. Not even that - tens of millions. Of all ages. And of course they're going to talk about her birthday. They're going to make fan-edits and they're going to make posts and they're going to celebrate a person they find happiness and comfort in.

And many of them will not have a single fucking clue about anything else going on. I have a fandom Twitter account for a TV show. Its so finely tuned in terms of preferences, followed blogs, ect, that I don't get any other content outside of that fandom. Young people may have restrictions on their accounts. Some people do not have the capacity or headspace for traumatic/negative content and so avoid it on their social media platforms.

Things of great magnification can and do coexist at one point in time. Supernatural tags were trending while Free Palestine was. People can discuss matters of importance while also discussing other things and while also taking respite and comfort in their hobbies and enjoyment.

At the end of the day - so much weight is placed on if a tag trends, as if it achieves anything except exposure. 85% of those posts that make up the tag are literally just singular posts depicting the hashtag and nothing else. Nothing useful like fundraisers or information. Statistics or references. Just a bunch of people tweeting out #freetheworld or something and thinking that's their activism quota hit for the month.

Trending a tag is good for exposure, but the fact that a tag is trending doesn't mean anything impactful is actually happening. Stop placing weight on if a tag is trending and start placing worth on what discussion is actually taking place.

I feel like you very much misconstrued my post, because you're literally arguing my own points back to me.

I've said this over and over: fandom is meant to be fun. I don't think activism is or should be a requirement in a fandom space and I've talked at great length about this (so much so that based on that discrepancy, I'm assuming you don't know me). I think that people should be allowed to tweet about whatever they want because Twitter is social media, not a true news site. I am extremely wary of the burnout these young kids are driving themselves toward with the ideology that if you post about something other than an issue when said issue is ongoing, you're a terrible person (you're not). I've posted so much about the very points you bring up that I'm sure my regular followers are absolutely sick of it.

To respond directly - I'm not "placing weight on if a tag is trending." I don't care if MCC trends or not ! My post was very directed and because of that - if it was presented without context - it may have come off differently. Basically, mcyttwt is demanding that people shut up about MCC in order to actively keep it from trending, so as to allow for focus on the Derek Chauvin case, and I was trying to point out the issues with this line of reasoning.

I have no problem with people tweeting about Ariana Grande, or sports, or anything else. My point in bringing her up was only to pick apart flaws in their reasoning. Stuff is going to trend regardless of what we do, so why should we be stifling the widespread popularity of an event whose proceeds are going to a life-saving cause? Especially if you really are focused on activism (because they're extremely performative, but claim not to be).

I'm so genuinely confused as to how you misinterpreted me to such a degree - I'm sorry if I was unclear, I was speaking from emotion rather than presenting a well-thought-out argument - and I hope this provides some clarity for you. Feel free to ask if you'd like some more explanation / discussion / whatever.