- Apr 23, 2014
- 4,583
- 6,947
Well if guys have been on social media today you will have seen what I was talking about, the tournament hasn’t even started yet and the hate has already begun. Kane is such a classy guy, it really pisses me off the amount of hate he gets. He’s the perfect role model. Hope he proves them all wrong!
There is a large part of the problem right there. And not just football.
Social media, and the way it is handled by the press, is a blessing and a curse. This isn't anything new. It was happening on football forums years ago. In social media the perception often differs from reality. Most fans don't use social media. Most fans won't bother defending a player on social media or even posting about the player.
Most people only post to go OTT with their love for a player or OTT with their dislike for a player. And what this causes is a very visible divide. But that divide actually isn't as bad as people think because the vast majority of people are far more reasonable. They just don't post. The other thing is that we'll automatically hone in on views that support or wildly differ from our own. So if there is a Kane article and a thousand people reply positively and fifty reply negatively I'll guarantee that most of us would focus on the fifty......