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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's a mark of me not "getting" social media, but I have never understood why people got so worked up about Blake and other cast members (and I guess Hoover and perhaps some others) unfollowing Justin on Instagram. They didn't like him. I also don't follow people I dislike on Instagram. If I was a public person and someone asked me "why did you unfollow so-and-so on Instagram" I'd say "none of your business, that is not something you should care about" because... it's not.

It just seems like a weird amount of drama over something that I think really, really does not matter. It's just the shallowest possible thing. [/quote]

Come on. It’s a huge public FU because people track that.

Did you not see the absolute sh-t storm when Travis unfollowed Ryan? They knew that it would be public with an hour. It’s a public way of saying I no longer like this person without having to put out a statement and if you don’t think it has impact, look at the Sony executives absolutely freaking out when it happened because they were afraid of what it would do to the movie. It mattered a lot.

But yes, it’s incredibly childish. It’s just a bunch of toddlers lashing out.[/quote]

Yes, I see that some people online are obsessive about finding out which celebs follow others and post reddit threads and speculate about it. I have seen those headlines.

But it also seems to me that the obvious response to that would be "guys, it doesn't matter, it's just social media." People will get worked up about anything, but they forget about it the next day. The news cycle is always churning and this isn't actually important.

I just tend to think that could have been handled by just telling anyone who asks that it's not important, and they want to talk about the movie.

I guess I don't view it as childish to unfollow (why follow someone you actively don't like). I do think it's childish to care. Just let it go. Like in the example of Jenny Slate, she says she unfollowed because she didn't want to help Justin promote a "feminist ally" brand that she thought was BS, and I think that was a genuinely held opinion from her, not something she was talked into. She's entitled to that. But also -- who cares? Just move on. It's the fixating on this that I think is infantile.[/quote]

Have to hard disagree about Slate.  She literally was at Blake’s beck and call, and did everything Blake asked her to, it’s all in the texts.  Blake even basically scripted Slate’s housing complaint.[/quote]

Wasn't Slate the first to unfollow though? And also, I don't think Baldoni even noticed he was being unfollowed until Ryan did it. At least, that's what I remember from his texts with Abel.

I think it's pretty clear from Slate's depo and texts that she really disliked Justin from the jump and didn't need encouragement from Blake. She also really clearly articulates her issue with him. It's not like "I just didn't like him" or "he gave me the creeps." She considered him a fraud because he presents as an ally to women and then his in person behavior is... not that. Blake doesn't even express it that clearly, so I don't think Jenny is getting that from Blake. [/quote]

Jenny slate is the only person involved in this with critical thinking skills.  She was valedictorian at one of the best prep schools in the country and then went to an Ivy League college.   [/quote]
 Could you be any more status obsessed ?[/quote]

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