tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post8646042521758113805..comments2024-03-15T09:03:33.742-07:00Comments on Jessica Dube Loves Scott Moir: Shib Sibs and Social MediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-63376988240466803452012-12-20T07:30:08.043-08:002012-12-20T07:30:08.043-08:00Periodically I mention that I've got the stat ...Periodically I mention that I've got the stat counter that can let me know who is having a conversation with themselves. I let this one go because the comments aren't that long, but if it becomes epidemic they'll go into spam. (Unless it's by mistake, I don't delete comments that are removed. They're stored. They may become relevant at a different time and republished.)oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-90353665316465884702012-12-19T22:41:33.271-08:002012-12-19T22:41:33.271-08:00I just have to say - what clever comments in this ...I just have to say - what clever comments in this thread! Finally someone is putting this blogger in their place.... *sarcasm* If you're wanting to be a troll - then mission accomplished. If you think anyone is taking you seriously, you need to know it is very obvious you are having a conversation with yourself.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-36594012422514494692012-12-19T17:15:06.480-08:002012-12-19T17:15:06.480-08:00She's pregnant, obviously. And Andrew must be ...She's pregnant, obviously. And Andrew must be the father!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-39838277184017854582012-12-19T10:59:09.842-08:002012-12-19T10:59:09.842-08:00Hahahahahahahaha!!! Giggle.Hahahahahahahaha!!! Giggle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-4039548149715458392012-12-19T03:08:25.642-08:002012-12-19T03:08:25.642-08:00so do you buy Katilyn's broken ankle, or is sh...so do you buy Katilyn's broken ankle, or is she also pregnant? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-24850335753027259262012-12-18T08:58:21.250-08:002012-12-18T08:58:21.250-08:00But but but Piper and Paul are so refreshing! The...But but but Piper and Paul are so refreshing! They're fun! Surely that merits high scores. All the other teams wish they had Piper and Paul's fun qualities that boost their scores. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-86340298102975402722012-12-18T08:49:24.053-08:002012-12-18T08:49:24.053-08:00Right now! Piper could skate on a broken leg and t...Right now! Piper could skate on a broken leg and they'll still pull in scores within 10 points of Virtue Moir.oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-89928782644732235072012-12-18T08:48:34.127-08:002012-12-18T08:48:34.127-08:00Is this about posing with Harper or have they decl...Is this about posing with Harper or have they declared they vote conservative?oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-30006266487247106122012-12-18T07:54:32.639-08:002012-12-18T07:54:32.639-08:00Should we congratulate Piper and Paul on their sil...Should we congratulate Piper and Paul on their silver medal at Nationals now or later?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-30830406149365282372012-12-17T21:44:53.609-08:002012-12-17T21:44:53.609-08:00Scott & Tessa Vote Conservative in Canada...??...Scott & Tessa Vote Conservative in Canada...??? What a kick in the dick to everyone they know to be gay in Figure Skating. They call them Friends, but if they were true Friends. They would NOT vote for a Party that Dismiss gay people. Who are they really trying to convince? They truely are not Friends to homosexuals. Biggotts!!! Friends don't teat Friends like that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-88686508490102659132012-12-17T20:00:44.636-08:002012-12-17T20:00:44.636-08:00VM's teammates treat the public professionally...VM's teammates treat the public professionally. VM do not. They're weird, uncomfortable, hypocritical, pseudo-candid followed by AWOL, inconsistent, nonsensical, evasive or outright lying, and needless to say, it often feels pulled out of their back end.<br /><br />With VM and fans, their style is more like how you cheese it up to a relative or neighbor's face, promising, thanking, appreciating, making assurances - and then afterwards you tell mom to lie her face off and come up with excuses any time that person tries to follow up.<br /><br />If someone convinced Virtue Moir that fans knowing they were in a relationship would be a million times worse than the already tricky community situation, that person was either very inexperienced/unsophisticated or extremely opportunistic. Fans can be managed. Your small town, not. <br /><br />I've read enough facebook walls connected to Tessa and Scott, particularly from (but not exclusive to, by any means) the older skating crowd, to wonder what the hell some of these people say away from facebook if they've no compunction about "sharing" certain viewpoints where anyone with a facebook account can see it. <br /><br />It's a double-sided coin - you've got all the support in the world, lots of people rooting you on - but on the other side you've got people who consider themselves experts on you, your relationship, and what is best for you and what's not, and want to be heard. Everybody wants their piece of the action and feels qualified/entitled to be part of it. They own a little of you.<br /><br />It's a very different experience than when your community is New York, Connecticut and Ann Arbor. Small towns are great, but there's a flip side of everybody being in your business. Maybe that (and a lack of the inherent sophistication that Meryl/Charlie and Maia/Alex possess) contributes to how Scott and Tessa's public relations ended up such a mess in so many unnecessary respects.oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-29236086211997756262012-12-17T17:34:53.905-08:002012-12-17T17:34:53.905-08:00I've clarified in additional comments of my ow...I've clarified in additional comments of my own. oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-45891879197706649922012-12-17T17:29:38.863-08:002012-12-17T17:29:38.863-08:00This post is more about whether coming from a smal...This post is more about whether coming from a small community that loves you practically to death, all wanting their time with you, all with their opinions that they don't hesitate to share, make the prospect of having Canadian fans in on their business as well overwhelming to Scott and Tessa back in the day. The sham is aimed most specifically at Canadian fans in Canada. I wonder why, for instance, they made such a huge deal about shamming it up in London for Canadians 2010 (with facebook and staging mise en scenes for the camera), when in that town half the people in the stands knew the score, and the latest, and were gossiping about it to the other half, while getting clueless fans up to speed. You can't put that cork back in the bottle with facebook. I find it weird that at home they worked it so hard, instead of at places more likely to buy into it.<br />Maybe it was another way of showing off what a big deal they were and/or a way to involve all the people wanting face time or to be part of the hometown kids' Olympic excitement. Here's my aunt's number - she'll help you help us lie our faces off! And buy a "Believe" sweatshirt!<br />I think it's possible they made a wrong correlation between the experience of having Ilderton/lots of London up in their business (i.e., offering opinions, giving advice, trucking your business around town like it's everybody's business) and what it would be like to have fans know the reality of their relationship.<br />Fans are managed a whole lot easier than a community made up of friends/family/school/connections. There's a million effective mechanisms for fans, none of which involve any idea conceived by and/or executed by Debbi Wilkes or Skate Canada. <br />There's no well mannered, always-grateful, humble way to manage an entire town, all feeling as if your life has to do with them, while you're also a popular subject of local social chatter. Especially when they're well intentioned and everybody is inextricably entwined going back years. We all have families, we all know what that's like. We love our aunts, grandma, cousins, neighbors and siblings and other connections, but do we want them overly invested in our lives, knowing they chew it over among themselves and chat about it in email and when the opportunity presents itself, tell us to our face or have mom pass it on?oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-78123047593934948082012-12-17T17:03:07.875-08:002012-12-17T17:03:07.875-08:00Blogger? Why do you care? Do have a secret agenda ...Blogger? Why do you care? Do have a secret agenda that you are not sharing???Let's turn this blog on its' own head. Please enlighten us...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-53945620485299831882012-12-17T16:56:11.611-08:002012-12-17T16:56:11.611-08:00And??? I want to make my point known. What is this...And??? I want to make my point known. What is this BigBrother again all over?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-30355199648312518212012-12-17T16:36:56.334-08:002012-12-17T16:36:56.334-08:00I think you already posted this in the comments se...I think you already posted this in the comments section of a couple of other posts.oycanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056686007756844095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583966972735299482.post-46368366888819118552012-12-17T15:11:15.755-08:002012-12-17T15:11:15.755-08:00Tessa & Scott are in the stoneage when it come...Tessa & Scott are in the stoneage when it comes to social media. D/W & the Shibs, P/B, W/P are all over the place getting followers and regognition. I know some people think that it's not all about followers and feedback, but it truely is. Do they not care? or are they too much in "their bubble" too even notice? Either way, they are falling behind. You can feel the momentum shift.What are they thinking? Or are they Thinking?JMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com