[ SECRET POST #4696 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4696 ⌋

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Comments

Do you ever just think “I am too old to be fucking up like this...”

[(Anonymous)]

I looked someone slightly famous up on Facebook (I didn’t have to go plumbing around for them, I just put in their name and there they were) and sent them a message basically saying “hi, sorry if this is weird, we don’t know each other, but I really want to tell you I think you’re awesome, have a nice day, bye” and I don’t think they ever actually saw it because my messenger app never showed their picture next to the message to show it was read, just a check mark to show it was sent...but about 2 weeks later they deleted their account and I have a sinking feeling it’s because they did see my message and thought it was creepy. (Or, better scenario that would still suck: they saw it and realized how easy they were to find, and deleted not because I bothered them but because there are some really toxic people in the fandom who they wanted to make sure didn’t find them the same way.)

I feel stupid/embarrassed for possibly being a weirdo even though I should be old enough to function in fandom, and a teensy bit sad because they didn’t reply even though I knew they probably wouldn’t, because I really like them.

Re: Do you ever just think “I am too old to be fucking up like this...”

[(Anonymous)]

Well, they probably just realized that they were juuuuuuuust famous enough where they want a tighter lock down on their social media, which is smart. But... yeah, maybe don't message people out of the blue anymore? This almost never happens to me (because I'm not famous) but I'd be weirded out if someone I didn't know contacted me like that.

If you want to send fan mail, maybe find out who their agent is and if there's an official place to send it.

Re: Do you ever just think “I am too old to be fucking up like this...”

[(Anonymous)]

I think this is a tough one for some people to judge because different people will feel completely differently about this kind of thing. Personally this wouldnt creep me out in the slightest, so it's not at all obvious to me that it will creep other people out. But I've heard enough people say stuff like this creeps them out that I've become aware other people feel that way, even though I cant relate.

Re: Do you ever just think “I am too old to be fucking up like this...”

[(Anonymous)]

In my days of trying to make friends on LJ, sometimes I would follow people back to their personal journals from comms and forums and mailing lists and such (and these were people posting things like cosplay photos on their personal LJs and linking to it in more public spaces, so it's not like I didn't have a reason to visit their personal journals) only to get these weird, kind of terse replies if I left a (positive) comment. I'd feel weird about friending people under those circumstances, so I wouldn't and they didn't friend me, and then it would seem like not long after more and more people were making their journals friends only. I couldn't help but wonder at the timing. It was frustrating, because these people would talk about how many wonderful friendships they made online, but it felt like "Oh, sorry, not you. I already have enough friends."