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Post by sizzling63 on Oct 6, 2019 9:30:10 GMT -5
... especially if there are 5.7 million followers on IG that seem to be active. At least that's what I picked up when I looked into Patti's tweet.
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Post by sizzling63 on Oct 6, 2019 9:36:42 GMT -5
Not so sure if Adam playing the outsider card is a smart strategy to get new people on board. Let the music speak for itself, Adam! I have followed him because I like him and because I was immediately smitten with his voice, and not because I can identify as an outsider, and I have a feeling that there are quite a few more fans like me.
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Post by nica575 on Oct 6, 2019 10:08:09 GMT -5
So I've got to ask what are voting bots and how do they work? One writes a script ( a serious of commands, aka a computer program)that would simulate what you would do in real life to generate a vote and let it run, often at “computer” speed. In many cases sites would protect themselves, some wouldn’t allow more than one vote from the same IP address - this would make the script just a little more complicated...or they’d check vote frequency... in this case all Bullboard wants is more clicks to their site, so “bots are welcome” situation...IMO
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Post by bamafan on Oct 6, 2019 10:12:59 GMT -5
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Post by cleopatra on Oct 6, 2019 10:16:13 GMT -5
Not so sure if Adam playing the outsider card is a smart strategy to get new people on board. Let the music speak for itself, Adam! I have followed him because I like him and because I was immediately smitten with his voice, and not because I can identify as an outsider, and I have a feeling that there are quite a few more fans like me. He's doing these interviews as promo for the music; they'd be pretty short if he just said the music should speak for itself. I always assumed - perhaps incorrectly - that just about everyone has felt like an outsider at one time or another, whether or not they consider themselves "outsiders" in general. I don't know how one goes through life without ever having been bullied, or left out, or somehow made to feel as if they were "less than." To me, that's what he's talking about, and maybe I'm more of an outsider than I realized, but it resonates with me. I'm sure he's particularly speaking to those who feel that way much of the time, because they are somehow different than what the mainstream deems desirable, but I don't see how his message excludes anyone. And because Adam is who he is, and has experienced what he has experienced, his words ring true. No matter how much success he has achieved and may achieve in the future, I think Adam will always see himself as an outsider, and many will love him for that.
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Post by marionm on Oct 6, 2019 10:27:34 GMT -5
I gotta agree with cleopatra on this one sizzling63 my perception has always been that Adams fanbase consists for the majority of people who think they don't entirely fit in societys "rulebook" like myself. Not everyone in this fandom of course is here because Adam inspired them to be who they are but most. And i'm guessing for a good 99,99% it's multible reasons, why people are attached to Adams every word like us. 😁
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Post by bamafan on Oct 6, 2019 10:33:40 GMT -5
I understand Adam considering himself an outsider and he's heard from some fans who identify with that...but I tend to think most fans don't think of themselves as "outsiders" or marginalized or bullied, etc. I think he may think a lot of his fans are "outsiders" by generalizing his fandom thinks of themselves that way. But I'm just speaking for myself. I think maybe sizzling and I don't want him to limit himself and the music to just appealing to and for the "outsiders".
ETA: I guess your perspective depends on whether you consider yourself an outsider. I'm not sure that "most" of his fans do....but maybe they do and I'm just in the minority which makes me an outsider in the fandom....lol.
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Post by skaschep on Oct 6, 2019 10:34:41 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Oct 6, 2019 10:41:13 GMT -5
All the Adam fans I know here in the Netherlands and who I call my friends do not fit into the boxes some people think we should fit in. To my opinion those boxes are silly and only exist for people who think everybody is the same. We are all different and we all are 'outsiders' in one way or another. That doesn't mean you are existing outside of the society. It's about the little things. Being an Adam fan might be considered weird by some people. So in that sense you could be an outsider from other people who are fans of other artists. It's not that deep.
I myself fall into the 1% most intelligent people according to my mensa test. I'm also highly sensitive which puts me in another subset of that 1%. So I'm different from more than 99% of the people in the world according to that. A lot of people won't understand me because my mind is going too fast for them to understand. I tend to skip things in my reasoning because my mind already processed them and didn't think it was important enough to mention. I've been bullied for it and it took me a long time to find out why I felt different, why I was that outsider who didn't fit in. At work they again tried to put me in a box and failed. Luckily they 'sort of' accepted that I am just Simone. Someone who does great work and they are probably worse of when I'm not around.
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Post by bamafan on Oct 6, 2019 10:42:11 GMT -5
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