I think most that follow this thread would know about the idiots that troll social media about women's footy and seem to pride themselves on posting derogatory comments at every opportunity.
What is perhaps more disturbing is the increase in young boys participating in either posting or liking these types of comments. It (like any similar derogatory activity on social media) is going to impact their future employability (and probably a bunch of other stuff). Recruitment companies (and others) have invested in sophisticated data mining tools that amongst other things flag inappropriate activity and therefore disqualify them from candidate pools. Some even look at connections (eg parents, friends, interests etc) to determine risk factors and suitability for job vacancies. Attempting to hide behind anonymous accounts only makes things worse as most data mining software can automatically link them to the real accounts and their willingness to attempt to deceive only adds to the person's profile.
Just yesterday a promising young player from Rossmoyne Junior Football Club liked a derogatory comment about Women's footy on Freo's social media (he was amongst 4 others that were all identified from just that one comment). He had previously posted something similarly derogatory a few months back on his own social media so this only validated the accuracy of the profile. Those actions (that he may have done just to try to be cool with his friends) will now stay linked to his name forever including if/when he applies to a university, seeks employment, attempts to progress in elite sport etc. I'm sure his Mum, who is also involved in the club wouldn't be impressed if she knew.
I'm not going to waste my time trying to curb the behaviour of fully grown adults who troll and are possibly beyond help. But if you are a parent, especially of teenage boys, please sit down with them and let them know what they do on social media is never anonymous and will likely stay with them forever. Of course this isn't limited to women's footy, I was just surprised to see so many young boys risking their own futures on something that they shouldn't feel the need to even comment on.
What is perhaps more disturbing is the increase in young boys participating in either posting or liking these types of comments. It (like any similar derogatory activity on social media) is going to impact their future employability (and probably a bunch of other stuff). Recruitment companies (and others) have invested in sophisticated data mining tools that amongst other things flag inappropriate activity and therefore disqualify them from candidate pools. Some even look at connections (eg parents, friends, interests etc) to determine risk factors and suitability for job vacancies. Attempting to hide behind anonymous accounts only makes things worse as most data mining software can automatically link them to the real accounts and their willingness to attempt to deceive only adds to the person's profile.
Just yesterday a promising young player from Rossmoyne Junior Football Club liked a derogatory comment about Women's footy on Freo's social media (he was amongst 4 others that were all identified from just that one comment). He had previously posted something similarly derogatory a few months back on his own social media so this only validated the accuracy of the profile. Those actions (that he may have done just to try to be cool with his friends) will now stay linked to his name forever including if/when he applies to a university, seeks employment, attempts to progress in elite sport etc. I'm sure his Mum, who is also involved in the club wouldn't be impressed if she knew.
I'm not going to waste my time trying to curb the behaviour of fully grown adults who troll and are possibly beyond help. But if you are a parent, especially of teenage boys, please sit down with them and let them know what they do on social media is never anonymous and will likely stay with them forever. Of course this isn't limited to women's footy, I was just surprised to see so many young boys risking their own futures on something that they shouldn't feel the need to even comment on.