Be An Internet Tough Guy And Call Out A Golfer
by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 31, 2009 2:48 PM EDT
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PrintA fan of Anna Rawson laid it on straight as it comes when she talked about her round at the Safeway Classic on her Facebook page. Shane Bacon caught the hilarity.
Inspired by Matthew Jones' Internet Tough Guy syndrome, I wonder if this kind of thing does turn golfers, writers, and the like against using social media to interact with fans. You can tell Heath Slocum he's the new Dante Hicks - I wasn't even supposed to be in The Barclays today! - and be completely anonymous. Hell, even if you aren't anonymous, like on Facebook, no one can do anything to you.
On Twitter, people railed on Christina Kim for how she acted. It was apparent that the comments were bothering her. Evan Ian Poulter kind of toned it down a bit when the public oo'd and ahh'd about his picture of a ball taken during a round or the photo of Justin Rose and Camilo Villegas flipping the bird.
I guess, my question is if being a tough guy to get in a quick shot kinda ruins it for everyone else.
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It’s my experience that Internet tough guys rarely are really tough in real life. Problem with jerks like the one who posted his comment Ms. Rawson’s Facebook page is that he makes it less likely she ’ll be willing to interact with fans on the ’net. After all, who wants that kind of abuse?
Yeah, you bring up a good point. I think the criticism levied – fairly or unfairly – on Christina Kim after Solheim kinda turned her off some. You know, maybe that’s where this thread should go instead. I’ll change the text.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 31, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was funny myself.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 31, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
that might have been funny in junior high
What am I missing ? This guy throws out a junior high shot at Rawson – and all of a sudden he’s “cool” ?
Then, recognizing a classless comment for what it was is the same thing as a the discussion of Christina Kim’s behavior at the Solheim Cup ? Not even close.
RB – why would you encourage people to write cheap shot pieces ?
To answer your question – no – these dumbass comments don’t ruin things for everyone else unless Rawson decides that this bad apple is worth throwing out the whole barrel – jerks like him will always be around, especially if they know there are no serious consequences for his actions. What the do is set a bad example for people who use the interweb – especially kids who deserve better examples than this sort of childishness – especially where it is connected to golf.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
You’d have to read a lot of what was sent Christina’s way on Twitter for you to get the apples to apples comparison. Get on there already, court!
Here’s my question back at you. We’re happy to talk about Adam Scott & Sergio playing awful and stinking here. So, there’s no room to talk about that on a hypothetical Facebook page? (I don’t know if either has one.)
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by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 31, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
ok – I thought you were talking about the CK talk on here. by the way – I still stand by what I said about her whining about people saying negative things about her on her Twitter thread. Same goes for Rawson, though we haven’t heard her saying anything about what was said above – if you think this interweb thing is wide open communication, but only if people say nice things – you’re nuts. You have to take the good with the bad.
No – I don’t – especially in the context of what you said. There is a HUGE difference in having a conversation about we have been watching from these guys and taking the lead of a childish, internet coward who just passes out insults.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
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