Ms. BlueGangsta
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When did the change happen.
huh????
????Michael's fans used to be called moonwalkers now it seems like we're called MJfam.
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I have never called anyone, and I have never been called any of that
Oh...I don't use twitter
People are always getting stalked and killed and stuff on Twitter and Facebook.
...wut
Trust me it's real.
To me social media is 50% good 50% bad, and I can live without it so I don't use it.
But in social media's defense a lot of the people being stalked and stuff like that probably over share a lot of personal info.
Do you refuse to drive because you might crash? Honestly the likelihood of dying in a car crash is astronomically bigger than being killed because of social media. "People are always getting stalked and killed and stuff on Facebook and Twitter" Come on.
When it comes to stalkers, that is an issue but everyone is in complete control of how much they share on their profile (and even then, if someone really wants to stalk you, they can do so regardless of social media presence too).
How about just fans? That's what its always been to me, and that's 've never used any of those other pointless names
In today's world unless you ride a bike everyone HAS to use some form of gas or electric powered transportation, but you DON'T have to use social media, so your comparison falls somewhat flat to me
Additionally, while stalking and killing has been around since forever it HAS become easier to do since the advent of social media.
I'm not saying that people shouldn't enjoy social media, what I'm saying is that you have to be careful what you put on social media, or the result could be very bad.
It falls flat to you because you completely missed the point of it, it's not about necessity or anything like that. I'm talking solely about the risks of such an event happening. And for the record, I'm not against you being against social media, if you don't want to join Facebook and the like, that's cool. I just think the "killed" part of your original statement isridiculously paranoid. It's the kind of stuff you hear overprotective parents who've been watching too much 24/7 news go on about. Honestly, if you're aware about what you put online and the privacy settings on your account (and more and more people are given privacy concerns being more prominent in the news these past few years), you should be fine.
As for fanbase name, I've always seen Moonwalkers. I've seen MJJC tweet with MJJCFam, but they're probably just referring to fans of MJ who use MJJC. Never seen Soldiers of LOVE (and I don't think thats a name I'd exactly attribute to the MJ fanbase tbh). It's weird, I've never saw fanbase names pop up until Lady Gaga started calling her fans "Monsters" like 6-7 years ago, now suddenly everyone seems to have names for their fanbases. Either that or I never noticed fanbase names until Lady Gaga started doing it.
No, it fell flat for me because it wasn't the best comparison (driving=pretty much essential to living your life, Social media=Fun, one is a risk that you pretty much HAVE to take, and one isn't).
I also wouldn't say it's all paranoia if it's a very real reality
All I said is that people get stalked and killed on social media, which has actually happened.
LOL, I really like Lady Gaga (Poker Face is one of my non-MJ jams!) but fanbase names have existed long before she came on the scene (Bobbysoxers for example, they followed fads, and were fans of artist such as frank Sinatra ). :yes:
My point still stands. Once again, I'm talking about purely risks. People have died pretty much every way imaginable, you can't let that stop you from doing somethings in life. Are you going to refuse to swim because other people have drowned?
But whatever man, you do you. I don't really care enough to go on about this.
Interesting, I've never heard that term. I don't know if it's completely exclusive to Sinatra though (Wikipedia suggests it was his kind of music with Sinatra in particular). Although thinking about it more, I've seen Beatles fans be called Beatlemaniacs, and I know the term Beatlemania has existed since 1963 or so, so the term Beatlemaniac couldn't have been too far behind I imagine.
That's why I said "such as Sinatra", and not just Sinatra.
I thought we were soldiers of L.O.V.E.
Some called themselves "moonwalkers" but to me that always seemed like trying to copy other fandoms who call themselves this or that ("Little Monsters" - Lady Gaga, "Beyhive" - Beyonce, "Beliebers" - Justin Bieber etc.) I don't think it really stuck with MJ fans like Little Monsters did with Gaga fans etc, because a lot of MJ fans just don't identify with it - possibly because it sounds forced (and frankly, most MJ fans aren't teen girls who would use such terms to describe the fandom). I have seen MJFam more often.