Comments on: Trial by Twitter – Jan Moir Feels the Brunt of a Social Media Backlash

By: Social Media - You're Doing it Wrong. - Unmemorable Title

Social Media - You're Doing it Wrong. - Unmemorable Title — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:02 +0000

[...] bloodlust of the Social Media mob hasn’t been sated by the ritual sacrifice of AA Gill and Jan Moir, and they’ve moved on to targeting regular users who dare to speak against our celebrity [...]

By: David Marchment

David Marchment — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:48:22 +0000

M&S already asked for their advertisement to be moved away from the article in question and the PCC has already had over a thousand complaints and is approaching a record apparently. I’d have to say ‘trial by twitter’ is having some genuine effects in this case. Will be interesting to see what comes out of the PCC.

By: Tweets that mention Jan Moir Faces Trial By Twitter - Unmemorable Title -- Topsy.com

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:22:55 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Andrew Nattan and Andrew Nattan, Rob Wood. Rob Wood said: RT @Mr603: Is Jan Moir's Trial by Twitter a good thing? http://trunc.it/2m69w #janmoir, #mailfail, #homophobia #gatley [...]

By: Disorganised1

Disorganised1 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:11:44 +0000

The danger is that populist sentiment is not always on the side of the angels.
For example the I love NHS trend referred to above was a particularly silly one. Apparently vast swathes of Twitter users think there is nothing wrong with the nhs and that when someone points out its obvious faults then that is a reason to leap aboard a campaign.
How many people bothered to listen to Dan Hamaan’s original comments ?
The ease with which people were manipulated to leap aboard a political behemoth was quite scarey. Similarly with this campaign ~ people are signing up as soon as they see the word Daily Mail, and shouting right-wing homophobia. This somewhat overlooks the openly homosexual members of the Conservative Party and the popularity of blogs like that of Iain Dale.
So suddenly a campaign against an individual writer and article has become a left-wing campaign against right-wing homophobia.
Those who prevent peaceful protest guarantee riots, but lets keep our protests in line with our target.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:55:40 +0000

Personally I think it’s a bad thing. People are so impressed with the fact that they can make something trend that they’re not stopping to think about whether it’s actually worth it. Making Moir trend can only have been a positive thing for her – these Twitter lynchings are great fun but for all the good ones (Trafigura, I love NHS) there are a million bad ones.