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Also, the anon in question seems to be motivated by being a fan of a particular athlete?
I know that we are all fans of some pro athletes to some degree. Ex: OBJ, Steph, etc.
But being a fan of what amounts to a little kid playing a youth sport (fan pages, etc.) is a bit weird.
I know we've talked on the boards about it and there are some moms who know these people and say they actually like the attention their kids get. Or actually tried to get "cheer famous." I don't understand that. I can tell you if I opened social media and saw a soccer fan page for my son I would be livid and freaked out.
(Yes, some of us may know of names of some specific kids and may be like "awww she won Worlds." and that is different. We aren't fan page makers.)
IT IS WEIRD. And what I think a lot of these anon kids miss is: lots of these athletes didn’t ask for any of their notoriety. The memed SE athlete in particular didn’t ask for it. It just happened to her. So for a bunch of random kiddos to idolize her and place all these unattainable expectations on her — or hate her for whatever reason they make up in their heads — is absurd. She’s not a celebrity who worked for fame. She was just a kid from North Carolina who took a great pic. But it’s all the same to these fans who treat her the same way they treat adults who sought celebrity: like they owe them something. It’s all the same to them through the Twitter haze.