This is world class muppetry..Someone from reddit zoomed on De Ligt’s phone during the interview, hopefully someone with good CGi skills could enhance the quality.
Can anyone spot anything United related there?
This is world class muppetry..Someone from reddit zoomed on De Ligt’s phone during the interview, hopefully someone with good CGi skills could enhance the quality.
Can anyone spot anything United related there?
Someone from reddit zoomed on De Ligt’s phone during the interview, hopefully someone with good CGi skills could enhance the quality.
Can anyone spot anything United related there?
Hes doing some serious trolling, to be fair Memphis is his team mate
"nos vamos en Manchester"Someone from reddit zoomed on De Ligt’s phone during the interview, hopefully someone with good CGi skills could enhance the quality.
Can anyone spot anything United related there?
Imagine being 19 years old and you have the power to wind up thousands of fans. I know I'd do the sameApparently he also liked some Barca fan page post along the lines of 'Come to Barca, become a legend etc'. De Ligt is a huge WUM.
That has led to folks on Reddit stalking and posting the personal information of these ITKs. What was all fun and excitement - if one doesn't believe or like the muppetry it's easy enough to ignore - has now gone on to be possibly damaging in real life for the individual.They're nothing but trolling hacks that get wind of a story in the media and ride the bandwagon pretending to have some secret internal source at the club. Either that or they pluck any story out from thin air and then watch the chaos unfold as muppets everywhere crowd round them like flies round shit for that sweet, sweet transfer nectar.
Dont agree. While it is over the top to stalk him and abuse, spouting bullshit is never a good idea. It would be easy enough to ignore if they said it is bullshit from the beginning, but since they claim to be ITK, some people dont see it as fun. Thats also why they do it in the first place. They just went overboard with their updates and since you never know who you meet on the internet, not everyone will share the same opinion of excitement and fun.That has led to folks on Reddit stalking and posting the personal information of these ITKs. What was all fun and excitement - if one doesn't believe or like the muppetry it's easy enough to ignore - has now gone on to be possibly damaging in real life for the individual.
Real shame.
I'm definitely sympathetic to the 'ITK'. First of all because we don't yet know if it was bull or not. If it is true, then it's a shame to chase away someone sticking their neck out for a bit of muppetry. It's so much more fun than BOOM.Dont agree. While it is over the top to stalk him and abuse, spouting bullshit is never a good idea. It would be easy enough to ignore if they said it is bullshit from the beginning, but since they claim to be ITK, some people dont see it as fun. Thats also why they do it in the first place. They just went overboard with their updates and since you never know who you meet on the internet, not everyone will share the same opinion of excitement and fun.
They're not causing any harm though are they? Just ignore them ffs.Am I supposed to be sorry that people who are clearly making up rumours for attention and notoriety then get the wrong type of attention?
People in here say “it’s just a bit of fun”. They are people who go onto internet websites and pretend to have friends who work for United.
Anyone who thinks any of them are actually legitimate is mental.
Yes. They literally lower the discourse on forums such as this. You get people infecting the site with relentless negativity because they are not getting the transfers promised.They're not causing any harm though are they? Just ignore them ffs.
Can't blame the ITK's for the stupidity of those impatient fans. Perhaps being "duped" teaches them a valuable lesson. Perhaps we'll even see less of those stupid threads. Naïve? Yes, but one can hope right?Yes. They literally lower the discourse on forums such as this. You get people infecting the site with relentless negativity because they are not getting the transfers promised.
There’s been two threads already about how we haven’t made any signings yet. These people are being duped by ITKs promising the Earth.
The pessimists will cry no matter what. Threads like these allow people to take their mind off the negative stuff and dreamYes. They literally lower the discourse on forums such as this. You get people infecting the site with relentless negativity because they are not getting the transfers promised.
There’s been two threads already about how we haven’t made any signings yet. These people are being duped by ITKs promising the Earth.
Yep I've just enhanced the pixels and he's watching a YouTube highlight reel of Jone's blunders for the last 10 yearsThis is world class muppetry..
But it doesn’t take their mind off it. I’ve been here for years. The Thiago, Vidal, Fabregas threads were toxic. It creates an atmosphere where we’re always looking for constant signings and we hear proclamations like “we’ve won the transfer window”. People throw our own players under a bus for a Portuguese winger playing for Villareal who they’ve seen on YouTube and also had great potential on FM.The pessimists will cry no matter what. Threads like these allow people to take their mind off the negative stuff and dream
The heat was on him as xsimon pulled him up on a few inconsistentencies. But others doxxing took it too far.Find it hard to feel sympathy for some kid who makes up rumours about United on the internet in order to get people to like him. You'd get knocked out for winding people up in real life, people take this shit seriously and put bets on accordingly. Never under estimate the level of dickhead some people are.
If those people who are being duped don't have a problem with it, why do you care so much. Mate, most people don't take this very seriously, especially people who have lived through Vidal, Griezmann and Thiago sagas. It's fun to speculate and fun to have a laugh about, we needs this, especially after the season we just had.Yes. They literally lower the discourse on forums such as this. You get people infecting the site with relentless negativity because they are not getting the transfers promised.
There’s been two threads already about how we haven’t made any signings yet. These people are being duped by ITKs promising the Earth.
Tell me more about this winger.But it doesn’t take their mind off it. I’ve been here for years. The Thiago, Vidal, Fabregas threads were toxic. It creates an atmosphere where we’re always looking for constant signings and we hear proclamations like “we’ve won the transfer window”. People throw our own players under a bus for a Portuguese winger playing for Villareal who they’ve seen on YouTube and also had great potential on FM.
While I agree, it is going too far for normal people like you and I, kids need to understand that you can't do and say whatever you want on the internet because people will find you and hold you accountable. As I said, never underestimate the level of dickhead some people are willing to go to. He should take this as a life lesson, don't be a prick on the internet and expect people to feel sorry for you when it backfires.The heat was on him as xsimon pulled him up on a few inconsistentencies. But others doxxing took it too far.
Coming from a Spurs point of view, we have loads of ITKs they do cause quite a lot of harm in the fan base. The problems being some people use their information to attack the club with when realy most of it if no all is bullshit. I mean what does it say about the clubs staff if they are leaking information all over the place?They're not causing any harm though are they? Just ignore them ffs.
"Professional" journalists seem to do the exact same thing, in fact, they continue to do it regularly and nobody blinks an eye.No idea why would anyone feel sorry for them. They knew exactly where they are getting into and what will be the consequences eventually when everyone realises it's BS stories. They wanted to look cool on the internet but the are plenty of ways to do that, you don't need to invent stories and pretend it's true.
Sergio Numero Uno.5malling
There are a lot of people here saying it's these guys' own fault. So thought exercise for you since you may be able to relate better:Its no point attacking a kid. If you choose to believe in him, that risk is on you imo.
That said, they fell on the sword pretty fast when BBC Stone said his opinion on Twitter.
I love the muppet season. The reddit ikt’s are extra spice.
I made a big mistake sharing something I think was a good source and someone I trust. I regret that now, because I got some shit. I would not say harassment or anything serious.There are a lot of people here saying it's these guys' own fault. So thought exercise for you since you may be able to relate better:
How would you have felt, what, a season or two ago, if before anything was finalized if a few of the cafe started harassing you and your family? And then another half of the cafe said it was your own fault for sharing anything. How does it feel to know so many on the cafe would have turned on you, blamed you for it? Agree with that?
Trying to phrase it like this because I see cafe looking at redittors like outsiders. And yet I wonder if the perspective of one of their own changes the level of sympathies...
To me, in the end there is no excuse for it. You don't like what someone says especially on the internet , just move on. It's not even hate speech or political. It's not even as harmful as people that post spoilers for shows and movies. The only ones too reprimand are the idiots that reacted with the doxxing.
These things aren’t mutually exclusive however.There are a lot of people here saying it's these guys' own fault. So thought exercise for you since you may be able to relate better:
How would you have felt, what, a season or two ago, if before anything was finalized if a few of the cafe started harassing you and your family? And then another half of the cafe said it was your own fault for sharing anything. How does it feel to know so many on the cafe would have turned on you, blamed you for it? Agree with that?
Trying to phrase it like this because I see cafe looking at redittors like outsiders. And yet I wonder if the perspective of one of their own changes the level of sympathies...
To me, in the end there is no excuse for it. You don't like what someone says especially on the internet , just move on. It's not even hate speech or political. It's not even as harmful as people that post spoilers for shows and movies. The only ones too reprimand are the idiots that reacted with the doxxing.
Indeed, I doubt there was any intention whatsoever to cause anyone harm. Good advice and bit of a wake up call - the internet is far from just an anonymous safe space.I made a big mistake sharing something I think was a good source and someone I trust. I regret that now, because I got some shit. I would not say harassment or anything serious.
As it turns out, for some this type of information is dead serious and for others it’s more fun with the puppet season to get some information that may or may not happen. Most people know that nothing in football transfers are 100%.
So yeah, I do feel for the kid. He may or may not know someone important. The important thing for me is that he probably never intended to hurt anyone, that I am pretty sure about.
My tip for anyone getting information, true or false, keep it to yourself. But don’t go after anyone like that kid, that’s just to much.
The Reddit Tier Challenge seemed really quite fair to me. The ITKs gave their specific sources and information to the mods. If they were found untrue to whatever extent then the user, his/her actual account would be banned. On a place where karma and likes rule supreme, that's a fair price to pay. So it wasn't quite unfettered rumors and lies being tossed around.These things aren’t mutually exclusive however.
I don’t think anyone actually agrees with people being harassed, and certainly other people they know who had nothing to do with it.
That’s not to say these ITKs should be able to post whatever they want unchallenged, however.
It’s two separate issues. You can condemn this doxxing business whilst also not being happy with the behaviour of so-called ITKs.