Harry & Meghan, all welcome (aka positive thread, now renamed!)

[Roussette]

Here we are, let's inform, discuss, share and respect.

[Roussette]

You don't know that. I think he was talking in more generalised terms

[Puzzledandpissedoff]

Harry didn't need to actually name the "SussexSquad" - just some examples of the sort of remarks he professes to dislike would have done

Except it's quite obvious the comments suit him just fine ...

[Roussette]

I thought the Judge talked about the book.

[LittleBearPad]

@Roussette

So Harry should've said about Sussex Squad in his talk about all this, and mentioned the book... that is linked to an ongoing court case?

In what way is the book related to the ongoing court case?

The court case relates to the MoS publishing the letters - it’s nothing to do with FF

[Samcro]

But and a big but.
If that happened wouldn't people be upset at not having a cahnce to speak?
I mean look at mn, if things get deleted people are nit happy.

[Roussette]

Having seen the sheer volume of comments against them and against those that denigrate them, I would think that is a massive task. But what do I know. Not a lot.

[Puzzledandpissedoff]

Puzzled Just curious... you talk of them 'tolerating' the online comments, I just wonder what they are supposed to do?

Delete some of them perhaps, or ask their PR people to do it?
Obviously they can't monitor everything - though they seem to make a good enough job of it where their own interests are concerned - but I'd have thought some of the worst comments were worth attention

[Roussette]

Why not? Considering how often he drags media attention into things, surely it would have been one of the obvious examples to use?

What sort of thing do you think he should've been saying when his words were very generalised and not specific. I've read it. Naming SSquad would have looked quite incongruous in amongst all of that IMHO.

[Samcro]

thread is nearly full

[KatherineParr4]

@Lockupyourbiscuits

If they wanted to promote real kindness a statement on how finding freedom is nonsense- making an effort to see elderly relatives and calling out supporters who post unpleasant targeted insults to people would be a positive start

However the real message isn’t don’t be nasty
It’s don’t be nasty to us

Wouldn’t it be great if they could post one tiny supportive post about the queen / his brother / father or the British people
That would be a start

Yes, absolutely

[SunbathingDragon]

@ButteryPuffin

what on earth should H&M do, I really don't know

Well, given that one of them has just written an article on the need to take action against online hate, I would hope he might have some ideas? Because if not, that article is just empty words.

Quite.

[Puzzledandpissedoff]

So Harry should've said about Sussex Squad in his talk about all this

Why not? Considering how often he drags media attention into things, surely it would have been one of the obvious examples to use?

[Samcro]

has William spoken out in defence to the hate M gets?

[Lockupyourbiscuits]

That’s the point before the court case they had more than enough time to call out social media and show compassion/ dispel rumours
Doesn’t seem to have bothered them much for the last few years

[myrtleWilson]

Late to this - I agree they can't police it all, but they as @mrscampbellblackagain Harry could have said something in his Op-Ed and if it is obvious that the leading lights in #sussexsquad are RT'ing or liking any abhorrent posts then surely Sunshine Sachs would be advising the couple not to engage with them (re the birthday donation idea)

[Roussette]

So Harry should've said about Sussex Squad in his talk about all this, and mentioned the book... that is linked to an ongoing court case?

[Lockupyourbiscuits]

If they wanted to promote real kindness a statement on how finding freedom is nonsense- making an effort to see elderly relatives and calling out supporters who post unpleasant targeted insults to people would be a positive start

However the real message isn’t don’t be nasty
It’s don’t be nasty to us

Wouldn’t it be great if they could post one tiny supportive post about the queen / his brother / father or the British people
That would be a start

[mrscampbellblackagain]

I agree re policing but Harry could have used what is said on their behalf as an example. I very much doubt that H&M want to see their defenders saying such horrid stuff about other members of the RF.

[Roussette]

I just don't think they can control the hundreds and hundreds of tweets ... I've seen both sides of it on there. Of course they should be encouraging kindness on any platform they are on, but they really can't be policing the huge volume of unpleasant stuff.

[mrscampbellblackagain]

For clarity, I mean disabled comments on insta - I don't know if you can do that on twitter, I doubt it. You would have to contact twitter and ask for the comments to be removed.

[mrscampbellblackagain]

Unless comments are disabled Samcro it would be a fulltime job to delete negative comments. The Sussexes had similar issues I believe.

I do get the desire for social media to be kinder. I mean sometimes people are so mean on here, not on these threads in particular but on threads where OP's are in dreadful situations and just want help.

[ButteryPuffin]

what on earth should H&M do, I really don't know

Well, given that one of them has just written an article on the need to take action against online hate, I would hope he might have some ideas? Because if not, that article is just empty words.

[Samcro]

thats nasty,
but if its the official accounts isn't that down to who ever runs them?
(disclaimer I don't do twitter so not sure how it works)

[mrscampbellblackagain]

Oh and they also go after Kate's children diagnosing all sorts of special needs in George etc. It is not nice.

[mrscampbellblackagain]

They should say for example in Harry's article that people who support them shouldn't denigrate others in an attempt to do so.

Samcro, Kate is regularly called anorexic, a bad mother, a stepford wife who tolerates her unfaithful husband etc etc. Oh also ugly, wrinkly - and that's just what I have personally seen on twitter underneath the official Royal accounts. They normally #sussexsquad as well.