Not that you stopped following them for that soul reason, but more because they don't seem to post things you originally followed them for relating to the industry their in, with it being more filled with politics constantly?
Pick related being the most well known.
I've stopped following lot of comic artist, and writers who seem to rarely have anything posted about their profession, and it being increasing nothing but a political feed.
The most recent one I stopped following was the VA Neil Kaplan, who seems to be largely partisan, even putting his name on Twitter in "((()))", and posting a screenshot of him being blocked by trump.
yeah it's like... why aren't more people talkimg about comics and stuff instead of social media
Dominic Watson
Internet celeb shit should be punished with a permaban.
Jordan Allen
>following industry people on social media I dont even do this.
Angel Robinson
I stopped following social media accounts years ago. This is nothing new. At best you find some industry people who use tumblr to show off concept art and preproduction details from cartoons they work on. Those are still mostly politics-free
>(((VA))).. ANIME VA... Shocker someone that mostly does stage acting for tiny plays would be super whiny. We've never seen that before out of Houston, Austin, and Ft Worth...
Samuel Howard
Not Sup Forums. Miss the days of banning Sup Forumstards coming into other areas of Sup Forums.
Nolan Green
>Everyone's a Sup Forumstard
Also talking about people in the comic, and cartoon industry is Sup Forums related.
Andrew Reed
I don't. Why the fuck would I stop following? I think most of the people who were on the warpath over Howard Chaykin's cover were making a huge mistake in feeding the Twitter beast, but for some of them I still like their work and will still follow them. I think Cameron Stewart's making terrible mistakes in these debates but I'm still willing to pick up Seaguy 3 when it's out. I don't agree with Chuck Dixon's politics but I think he's a solid writer.
All I know is that "Live by the sword, die by the sword" and "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" are still pretty damn apt to a lot of outspoken people online (doesn't even matter what your political affiliation is; I've seen this happen with both sides) so for the most obnoxious people all I have to do is wait and they'll slip up and cause people to turn against them. If I like their work, I'll still eventually get their work.
Ryan Evans
I try to subscribe to the idea of separating the art from the artist.
Most actors, artists, writers etc. are fucking horrible people who I'd probably never want to meet. I can enjoy their work in entertainment, provided it's not glaringly obvious that it's not ideologically motivated (lookin' at you Bill Nye), but for the most part, I'll ignore the person behind the proverbial mask.
Carter Baker
Twitter is where good people go to metamorphosize into hideous self-aggrandizing people, and where hideous self-aggrandizing people go to receive validation from other hideous self-aggrandizing people.
If you like someone, and you find out they have a Twitter account, for the love of fuck do not let your curiosity ruin the illusion that they are a decent human being.
Hunter Martinez
I don't use social media.
Brayden Campbell
yes I remember the numerous cartoons and comics produced by George Takei
Nicholas Cruz
OP is literally just virtue signalling. Fuck off Sup Forums.
Caleb Collins
...
Ian Wright
But safe spaces, hug boxes and confronting opinions you disagree with or something!
Luke Scott
Pussies.
Benjamin Peterson
I'm in the industry and follow over 1000 mostly comics folk, so yeah the politics shit can get grating but what can you do. It just makes me appreciate the guys that stick to posting work and media they like even more.
Aaron Ross
Yes because a site full of trolls cannot pick up shit posting and splitting hairs while trying to manipulate the rules to do so. Sit down and shut up fsggot.
Jack Lee
I never knew that I had any respect for Scott Adams, the guy who makes Dilbert, but holy shit. After last year? I discovered that I actually had some when I lost all of it.
I never needed to know the political views of the dipshit who draws Dilbert for a living.
Elijah White
Sup Forumsmblr is the most Sup Forumsphobic board
Austin Torres
>Have you stopped following industry people on social media over politics?
user, I've stopped using social media altogether because of politics.
Angel Torres
>He's known for star trek, which is Sup Forums related, if not we wouldn't have star wars threads either,
> He's done VA work which falls into the cartoon catergory,
>Was used as the most well known example, of people related to pop culture to used SM for politics.
>Sup Forums >not knowing what virtue signaling is Kill yourself tumblr fag
John Cox
isn't Takei a pedophile? Im pretty sure I remember him talking about how its okay for younger teenagers to have sex with older guys on the howard stern show
Robert Wood
no that's Milo Yiannopolos
Robert Torres
OP is signalling that he has virtues that run contrary to those of the people he's shit-posting against. He is literally virtue signalling.
Jace Anderson
>A troll calling another person a another troll
Nice try fag
Jaxon Jackson
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Ayden Diaz
>Nah Im pretty sure it was Takei
Isaiah Davis
Why the fuck would I? I can separate the actor from the person. Just because someone's good at something or makes something I like doesn't mean I have to like and agree with them.
Samuel Price
No, I don't care.
Kayden Walker
[citation needed]
Mason Robinson
this
Easton Hill
>Takei >"internet celeb"
Gavin Cooper
he has millions of followers
Blake Rivera
He's a celeb, and he's in the Internet. He's an internet celeb. Notice I didn't say e-celeb.
Caleb Bell
I don't think that's it since they're not trying to elevate their status, more just seeing if people stopped following others since it wasn't what they expected the feed from them would be like.
We also don't know what their beliefs are since he never said if he disagreed with what they posted, only that it wasn't what he expected.
Michael Fisher
Fair enough I don't feel like finding the video maybe Im wrong
Jacob Myers
>"I don't hate gays, I just want to pass laws systematically discriminating against them!"
Blake Martin
What the fuck are you even on about Like what does any of that have to do with what I just posted
Juan Jones
"Virtue signaling" is a buzzword for something we already have a word for; being a self-righteous twat. Buzzwords in general are actually just excuses to not listen to someone and argue with them properly. This is a common mistake because most people are so polarized one way or the other politically that they cannot even conceive of the idea of listening to someone from the other side, debating the points with that person in a polite and constructive manner, or tolerating them enough to live and work alongside them despite the fact that in most cases both they and the other person are reasonable adults who are citizens of the same nation, or even neighbors. This is because politics have been dramatized into this epic two-sided struggle for control of the very soul of the nation, which is ultimately not what politics is or should be. Politics is the way people in a civilized nation decide how to direct their country's laws in the way that is most beneficial for most of it's citizens. By making politics into what is essentially reality television, we have sabotaged our own nation.
Tyler Perry
You know...
David Scott
OP said that he stopped following George Takei because of Takei's politics. By advertising that, they are virtue signaling. They are letting everyone know that they disagree so firmly with Takei's politics that he stopped following them. How did OP not say what his views in terms of politics are?
Matthew Myers
I think he said he sympathized with Milo on that topic. He got heat for it, I remember that.
Ryan Baker
>Jeanposting Oh, so you're just here to shitpost. Nevermind then.
For what Goddamned purpose do you follow over 1000 people. At what point does it just become an endless torrent of nonsense that's impossible to even try to keep up with for you?
Hell I only follow 65 people and it's already a pain trying to keep up with them all.
Julian Murphy
>everyone I disagree with is Sup Forums >Sup Forums You have to go back.
Michael Scott
>everyone I disagree with has to "go back"
Carter Russell
>I would rather not be forced to interact with people who have nothing better to do than to stir shit constantly, or be a massive asshole by advertising their homophobia, racism, anti-semitism, etc
Better?
James Cox
I'm gonna quote OP here
>Not that you stopped following them for that soul reason, but more because they don't seem to post things you originally followed them for relating to the industry their in, with it being more filled with politics constantly?
>Pick related being the most well known.
Again I don't think he stated that he stopped following Takei, but was using him as an example since Takei is often cited online (including here a few times I think) as a celebrity that is somewhat related to Sup Forums who turned very political, which wasn't something many people who I'm guessing were fans of Star Trek originally followed him for.
This is what I believe, and how I interpreted his comment, feel free to think what you want though.
Xavier Parker
I had the opposite reaction. But that's only because I got that he was trying to teach persuasion while talking about Trump. Most people just pay attention to the Trump parts (like they read an article from some right-wing place and go rah rah rah for it or they read an article from some left-wing place and go reeeee against it) Like why did he make the comment about calling someone "Hitler" is racist toward Germans? Because he talked in previous entries about how identity is the strongest persuader. And going by the slapfights on Twitter and tumblr he's really not wrong.
Gabriel Gomez
Or maybe because it's annoying?
Logan Watson
>Anything that's on Toonami in the past, present or future counts as Sup Forums >People openly discuss JoJo, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter X Hunter, Digimon, etc. >Imagine if [insert not Sup Forums related material] was in the DC Universe! What happened? I swear this was a different place before 2010 and we still had movies then.
Asher Williams
>Gay Asian man has liberal politics? Who could have seen this coming?
Landon Price
Pushing for a more accepting, welcoming and decent society, where people aren't discriminated against for conditions they have no control over is annoying?
Eli Jones
>Using social media Very few creators use Twitter/Tumblr as purely new content they've created. I want to use these sites for news but everyone uses it as a bitching platform, not realizing it could be damaging to your career.
Ryan Rogers
>people shouldn't have the right to criticize the government when I think they're wrong: the post
yeah good luck getting the A2 crowd to give up those A1 rights user
Samuel Rivera
>using social media >post 2007 >or literally ever
If you own any form of social media, be it Facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc you should be hauled to the gas chambers. Which reminds me: social media screencaps in OPs and OPs about social media should be permaban status
Joshua Rogers
>Have you stopped following industry people on social media over politics?
>Pick (picture is of George Takei) related being the most well known. [sic]