@lyndahere uses a range of social media to publicise her stalking activities including a blog, Youtube, Twitter and Facebook. I have written a lot about her use of Youtube and Twitter but not of Facebook. On a recent blog post “Shines Like Diamonds” on her webpage Between the Rock and a Hardplace @lyndahere wrote “I have also been sharing them on Facebook and Twitter a few each day”. I do not read her posts very often due to their extensive nature, their personal nature and well to be honest I am not really that interested in knowing that “her arms were just too weary to hold up the cameras when it was time for them to take their turns” or if she is stuck in a hotel somewhere in America or Canada with a poor internet connection .
I don’t like reading large chunks of Alan Doyle’s blog posts cut and pasted from his site. I will read them directly from his site like most fans do. Better not to write anything than show no respect for the reader or the person whose words they are. “I will write my own words (lesser) about this Perfect Concert soon enough”. She is a bootlegger illegally filming without the permission of those involved. If the musicians wanted their event recorded they would have paid a professional or found a professional willing to volunteer.
On the same post @lyndahere wrote “those who are too impatient to wait can see each video appear (at a snails pace) on my Youtube page”. It is truly unfortunate she believes her videos (and her words and experiences) are an essential part of our lives like breathing if we are to live happy and successful lives. Most adults are disappointed yet able to cope on missing out on an experience or event in life they wanted to attend yet couldn’t make. It makes the next opportunity as @lyndahere would say “sweeter”. A successful life is one of course balance between self, family, community, work and fun.
Her social media use is full of contractions. For example, on her Between the Rock and a Hardplace blog site @lyndahere reviewed Alan Doyle’s performance at a launch of the Bluenose 2 in September. She missed the connections for her flight and as result did not attend the event. @lyndahere was almost dismissive of the performance in her review on her blog because she wasn’t there. As she watched the show on the Internet in a hotel room somewhere in Canada she wrote tweets on Twitter criticising Air Canada, Alan Doyle and the crowd some of which were later deleted. There was also a sense of desperation in missing out on a performance of Alan Doyle.
@lyndahere “Watching the feed. I think you need to wake them up & warm them up. How about Testify? I’ve Seen A Little. C’mon Alan” 29 September 2012
But amongst all those words from @lyndahere there will be actions that promote further investigation like how does this social media giant work with the music industry to promote music. How does @lyndahere and other fans use Facebook as distinct from Twitter and other social media to interact with celebrities and musicians. And how do celebrities and musicians use it to promote themselves. The obvious place to start is the book Accidental Billionaires and the film Social Networking. Of course I will have to set up an account under a fake name because I have been threatened and my Internet Service Providers contacted.
After this blog post was published @lyndahere wrote “Not impressed with the implications of that “Create No Expectations, Risk No Disappointment Approach Yeah & “Forgo Rewards of Love” too. 29 October 2012 Putting your ideas or creativity out for the public to critically evaluate is hard to do and one I have experience at. When my ideas and creativity are acknowledged and rewarded with high praise by my peers and others it is very rewarding indeed. When they are not then of course I am disappointed yet learn from that to make my work better. But no proper acknowledgement and no acknowledgement from respected peers is not just disappointing but devastating indeed after years of trying. The healthy thing to do is to give up, move on and do something else. Changing goals and being able to adapt is part of growing whether it is within your chosen activity or moving on to a completely different one.
To be continued…
