Why is Blake Lively so overrated?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The main purpose of astroturf is sports

I had not heard of this term before the BL V JB saga and at first rolled my eyes. However, when I looked up the meaning and usage on Wikipedia : I can see it is an excellent analogy for misusing the internet to create illusions of both positive and negative support for products/ celebrities online.

From wiki
"Astroturfing" on the internet refers to the practice of creating the illusion of widespread public support for a product, policy, or idea by using fake online identities to post positive comments or reviews, essentially making it appear like a grassroots movement when it's actually orchestrated by a single entity, like a company or political group; essentially, "fake grassroots" activity online.
Key points about astroturfing:

Origin of the term:
"Astroturf" is a brand name for artificial grass, so the term implies a fake, manufactured version of genuine public opinion.

How it's done:
Astroturfers often create multiple fake online accounts (sometimes called "sockpuppet" accounts) to post seemingly organic comments or reviews across different platforms, giving the impression of broad public support.

Why it's problematic:
Astroturfing can manipulate public perception by creating a false sense of consensus, potentially influencing people's opinions without them realizing the source of the information

Thanks for this explanation. I never created a fake account on DCUM or the Daily Mail. Many commenter on DM are real people. I think it is hard for some people in entertainment to accept that they don't have a positive image with regular people. They think they can control and manipulate people into liking them because they are used to getting what they want. People either like you or they don't. Period.

DP - I think many of us had no personal opinion on either BL or JB before this blow up.

I still don’t have a personal opinion on them as people because I don’t know them. People either like their work or not - but even then many of us have more nuanced views on movies rather than like or don’t like. I neither loved nor hated the “It ends with us” movie.

I do think that online misogyny is demonstrated as a real phenomenon with far reaching consequences. The JB PR people were able to exploit online misogynistic tendencies to smear her reputation as an actress.

There are no doubt some people such as yourself who simply don’t like her work. She is not one of my favorite actresses but I applaud her and her husband for tackling the smear campaign that followed confronting sexual harassment on the movie set .

My only opinion prior to this was that they were cloying and annoying with their planted stories about trolling each other on social media. Like Ryan would "troll" Blake about her birthday, ha ha. I found it very try hard that they wanted to seem so funny and sexy as a couple and went out of their way "trolling" each other.

[Anonymous]

People just can’t admit they were duped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

Please elaborate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

So Justin Baldoni duped Blake Lively into try hard social media posts with Ryan Reynolds. I guess he also forced her to ve a Taylor Swift fangirl. Justin, what an all knowing and powerful force

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

For starters, the PR campaign to attack her for not talking about DV when it was specifically in her contract NOT to highlight it. Per the leaked texts, JB deliberately veered to talking about DV not because he felt passionately about it but because to intentionally make her look bad.

This is not rumor or conjecture, it is in the leaked texts and copy of her contract.

For another, let's bring up how he had MULTIPLE HR complaints against him from cast on set, not just Blake. Things like commenting on people's appearances, asking Blake if she w*tches porn or climaxes at the same time as her husband.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

So Justin Baldoni duped Blake Lively into try hard social media posts with Ryan Reynolds. I guess he also forced her to ve a Taylor Swift fangirl. Justin, what an all knowing and powerful force

Keep ignoring the multiple HR complaints against him from other cast members. Keep it up!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

For starters, the PR campaign to attack her for not talking about DV when it was specifically in her contract NOT to highlight it. Per the leaked texts, JB deliberately veered to talking about DV not because he felt passionately about it but because to intentionally make her look bad.

This is not rumor or conjecture, it is in the leaked texts and copy of her contract.

For another, let's bring up how he had MULTIPLE HR complaints against him from cast on set, not just Blake. Things like commenting on people's appearances, asking Blake if she w*tches porn or climaxes at the same time as her husband.

And my point is: plenty of people already disliked Blake before this film for the reasons given above. Blake was an annoying try hard before this ever happened and it had nothing to do with JB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

So Justin Baldoni duped Blake Lively into try hard social media posts with Ryan Reynolds. I guess he also forced her to ve a Taylor Swift fangirl. Justin, what an all knowing and powerful force

Keep ignoring the multiple HR complaints against him from other cast members. Keep it up!

So you are not going to acknowledge that some people legitimately already disliked BL before this dumb movie. In your mind, she was admired and loved by everyone until Baldoni ruined it. Yeah ok. Are you the publicist who writes the posts where RR " sexy trolls" Blake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

For starters, the PR campaign to attack her for not talking about DV when it was specifically in her contract NOT to highlight it. Per the leaked texts, JB deliberately veered to talking about DV not because he felt passionately about it but because to intentionally make her look bad.

This is not rumor or conjecture, it is in the leaked texts and copy of her contract.

For another, let's bring up how he had MULTIPLE HR complaints against him from cast on set, not just Blake. Things like commenting on people's appearances, asking Blake if she w*tches porn or climaxes at the same time as her husband.

And my point is: plenty of people already disliked Blake before this film for the reasons given above. Blake was an annoying try hard before this ever happened and it had nothing to do with JB.

And your point is an aside and had zero to do with this complaint unless you are trying to say that only the *right* kind of women can claim the allegations against him. In which case, I will say, I find you chauvinistic.

[Anonymous]

These two are just SO sexy. Couple goals!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

So Justin Baldoni duped Blake Lively into try hard social media posts with Ryan Reynolds. I guess he also forced her to ve a Taylor Swift fangirl. Justin, what an all knowing and powerful force

Keep ignoring the multiple HR complaints against him from other cast members. Keep it up!

So you are not going to acknowledge that some people legitimately already disliked BL before this dumb movie. In your mind, she was admired and loved by everyone until Baldoni ruined it. Yeah ok. Are you the publicist who writes the posts where RR " sexy trolls" Blake?

That has ZERO to do with this case! Doesn't matter and if you try to make an argument that it does, you a part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

One thing that horrified me in the complaint that doesn't get mentioned much is that Baldoni solicited fans to message him about their personal experiences with domestic violence. He refers to this as "survivor content" and he intended to repost these private messages to show his "support" for DV. The text messages indicate that even his scumbag PR people told him that reposting private messages on instagram was a bridge too far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

For starters, the PR campaign to attack her for not talking about DV when it was specifically in her contract NOT to highlight it. Per the leaked texts, JB deliberately veered to talking about DV not because he felt passionately about it but because to intentionally make her look bad.

This is not rumor or conjecture, it is in the leaked texts and copy of her contract.

For another, let's bring up how he had MULTIPLE HR complaints against him from cast on set, not just Blake. Things like commenting on people's appearances, asking Blake if she w*tches porn or climaxes at the same time as her husband.

And my point is: plenty of people already disliked Blake before this film for the reasons given above. Blake was an annoying try hard before this ever happened and it had nothing to do with JB.

I can acknowledge that some people disliked Lively prior to, and separate and apart from this PR campaign, and well before she ever met Baldoni.

Can you acknowledge Baldoni's poor behavior and sexual harassment documented on set?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

So Justin Baldoni duped Blake Lively into try hard social media posts with Ryan Reynolds. I guess he also forced her to ve a Taylor Swift fangirl. Justin, what an all knowing and powerful force

Keep ignoring the multiple HR complaints against him from other cast members. Keep it up!

So you are not going to acknowledge that some people legitimately already disliked BL before this dumb movie. In your mind, she was admired and loved by everyone until Baldoni ruined it. Yeah ok. Are you the publicist who writes the posts where RR " sexy trolls" Blake?

That has ZERO to do with this case! Doesn't matter and if you try to make an argument that it does, you a part of the problem.

It has to do with the fact that you are claiming that astroturfing is the only reason people don't like Blake Lively. Plenty of people disliked her before she worked with Baldoni. Her and RR's "couple goals" social media was so annoying and cloying and it was before this movie or Justin Baldoni. Now you are probably going to tell me that JB forced their vomitous couple goals "funny" content as part of a grand effort to humiliate Blake Lively. Maybe he hacked Ryan's Instagram and made up those stupid jokes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People just can’t admit they were duped.

For starters, the PR campaign to attack her for not talking about DV when it was specifically in her contract NOT to highlight it. Per the leaked texts, JB deliberately veered to talking about DV not because he felt passionately about it but because to intentionally make her look bad.

This is not rumor or conjecture, it is in the leaked texts and copy of her contract.

For another, let's bring up how he had MULTIPLE HR complaints against him from cast on set, not just Blake. Things like commenting on people's appearances, asking Blake if she w*tches porn or climaxes at the same time as her husband.

And my point is: plenty of people already disliked Blake before this film for the reasons given above. Blake was an annoying try hard before this ever happened and it had nothing to do with JB.

I can acknowledge that some people disliked Lively prior to, and separate and apart from this PR campaign, and well before she ever met Baldoni.

Can you acknowledge Baldoni's poor behavior and sexual harassment documented on set?

I'll acknowledge what she claims. She had the burden to prove the allegations in court. If she gets a verdict in her favor I will acknowledge that a jury found JB civilly liable.