Something Peculiar I've Noticed When A Recruit Opens Up His Recruitment

Fans tweet/comment/post like the recruit is reading their post and might not go to that school if they write what they really feel.

"Classy kid hope he ends up where ever he's happy"
Translation "fuck you you little prick. Your word doesn't mean shit".

Ok

Your observation is correct...fwiw

It rubs off to me like a personal letter. Kinda weird.

It's not about the recruit reading it. it's about the hive mind that is the internet and message boards. If a person says "that fucking idiot 17 year old is making the worst mistake of his life" the only response is going to be anger from the... For lack of a better term... sunshine blowers that hate any negativity. That scares off anyone that agrees with the fucking asshole comment making the original post stand out as the only asshole. So, people either don't comment or they say "must be a good kid" even though they are basing that assumption on literally nothing.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:It's not about the recruit reading it. it's about the hive mind that is the internet and message boards. If a person says "that fucking idiot 17 year old is making the worst mistake of his life" the only response is going to be anger from the... For lack of a better term... sunshine blowers that hate any negativity. That scares off anyone that agrees with the fucking asshole comment making the original post stand out as the only asshole. So, people either don't comment or they say "must be a good kid" even though they are basing that assumption on literally nothing.

I would say something sarcastic or just bullshit around. These guys try to act all serious and they just sound foolish

The internet is fucking weird.

I wish we could go back to 1994.

I think these people form a relationship with these kids. I wouldn't be surprised if signing up for a recruiting service puts you on some kind of watch list.