When Your Opinion Isn't Invited

[Glassman]

Caught an advert on a car which will be available for sale imminently. It belonged - I suppose still does - to someone famous in social media. It states this on the well known car selling site. To drum up wider interest, a post was circulated on Facebook and it immediately opened the door to a deluge of hate.

The first person said he would never buy a car owned by that XYZ. Then came a comment about his appearance; another about his sexuality, someone remarked how annoying they find him. "If it was HIS car it's every reason NOT to buy it", the comments went on.

What is wrong with people? None of the people commenting know him. More to the point, it's a sale advert. A car for sale. Perhaps mentioning who owns/owned it was a mistake, but why should it be? I'd like to think the car would be sound regardless of his perceived personality.

Is this what the internet has become? A face gets known on it and the haters rally around. Are you interested in the car? Nobody asked you what you think of the previous owner.

[trickywoo]

The problem is inviting comment.

If it was just organic there would be more positive than negative unless they truly are a throbber.

[Badda]

Are you asking us what our opinions are of other peoples’ opinions of a person none of us have met?

[Baldchap]

You'll have to tell us who the person is, but if they make a habit of publicly commenting on others then it's only fair.

Clearly if they don't, then it's arguably unwarranted.

[Glassman]

Baldchap said:

You'll have to tell us who the person is, but if they make a habit of publicly commenting on others then it's only fair.

Clearly if they don't, then it's arguably unwarranted.

Never heard him talk about anything other than cars and driving.

[bitchstewie]

The moment you mentioned sexuality you can pretty much guess the type of people making the comments.

[bitchstewie]

nuyorican said:

Can you?

Give us a clue then cos I'm struggling.

My guess would be homophobic.

I mean perhaps it was all positive supportive comments but given the thread title I'd be surprised.

[Chauffard]

Wow, people can be very nasty online and use hurty words shocker.

[shirt]

Glassman said:

Is this what the internet has become?

Yes. And it’s been that way for a long while. Your average 30 year old will only have ever have known anything other than fast broadband, clickbait media and a normalization of online bad behavior.

The main issue is that someone’s online persona would be different to the one they’d use to your face. I think the tide’s now going the other way.

[mac96]

If you are sufficiently arrogant to suggest that because you owned a car that should increase its value, surely you have to expect some adverse reaction. Not an excuse for anything really nasty, although sadly that is to be expected.

[nikaiyo2]

In all fairness I looked at a car once years and years ago that was owned some Southampton footballers wife, according to the salesman. It was not the reason I did not buy it, but it was a nail in its coffin.

[Trollbuster]

trickywoo said:

The problem is inviting comment.

If it was just organic there would be more positive than negative unless they truly are a throbber .

I could think of plenty of YouTubers that fit this cloth.

ETA: Am I doing the whole uninvited comment thing right?

[rodericb]

People can be pretty tribal and so on. You could look at it from another angle and that the seller has name-dropped a previous owner, most probably to gain some sort of benefit from this fact, and the response is par for the course....

[carinaman]

Glassman said:

Is this what the internet has become? A face gets known on it and the haters rally around. Are you interested in the car? Nobody asked you what you think of the previous owner.

Interesting.

Is it an Internet thing? I reckon it pre-dates the Internet.

Perhaps the Internet is just showing what some people are really like?

Envy, jealousy and 'build them up to knock them down' has long been in the playbook of the tabloids and media.

Is it any different from the envy and jealousy in most work environments?

Do more people these days make a living by being famous? Before the Internet it was more difficult to be famous and now the Internet has lowered the threshold or democratised being famous?


A momentary thought was the previous owner Russell Brand, the Go Compare welsh bloke or Andrew Tate.

Does the car being sold have gel plates on it or have the ends of the plates been cut to give triangular, arrowhead ends?

[carinaman]

Go Compare?

I won't be using their insurance screenscraper again.

Is that the one that gives me a free coffee at Greggs?

[the-norseman]

Glassman said:

What is wrong with people?

Social media, it allows people to gob off all they want these days with no real repercussions.

[Glassman]

trickywoo said:

The problem is inviting comment.

If it was just organic there would be more positive than negative unless they truly are a throbber.

Comment = content?

Politics of envy and playground antics I think.

[Who_Goes_Blue]

the-norseman said:

Glassman said:

What is wrong with people?

Social media, it allows people to gob off all they want these days with no real repercussions.

Usually people that are dissatisfied with their lot so feel the urge to put others down.- sad really

[Trollbuster]

the-norseman said:

Glassman said:

What is wrong with people?

Social media, it allows people to gob off all they want these days with no real repercussions.

This.

Other than PH now which isn’t really social media per se. I’m not on and never have been on any form of social media.

The main issue I have is the lies and dishonesty that are constantly peddled on it, it would appear to me that most people are hell bent of giving off a perception of a perfect life and “look at me” ideology which imo fuels the hate as then people start to question their own lives and why they’re not perfect, which lets be honest nobody’s is.

[languagetimothy]

ive had FB problems recently, don't know if account is hacked or maybe I was on the net and forgot to press the "no please don't send me crap from one of your 300 advertisers" button. anyhow, ive been getting lots of posts from stuff im not interested in , watches, cosmetics, several from the many many bottle blonde and orange presenters of the weather on American TV channels (Im not American and I live in the EU) why? some unheard "model" or "star" all sorts of rubbish.

some ive commented on for example a cosmetics company " yep, your still ugly even with all that crap on your face" FB say a complaint was filed I went back and said " hey, if someone sends something unsolicited to my feed im entitled to my opinion that's what they asked for , if they don't like it, don't send it, lifes tough, wear a helmet"