If you’re an avidsocial mediauser, it’s quite likely that you have blocked a person or two on certain platforms, maybe even have been blocked yourself. And there can be hundreds of reasons for that, from someone being rude orcreepy, to being in a fight, among numerous other scenarios.
Chances are, the people with the longest ‘blocked’ list are those with the biggest following, who are oftencelebrities. But despite being regularly put on the pedestal or having millions of fans, they’re only human, too, which means they might also block you if you do something they don’t like.
If you scroll down, you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with a social media expert, Part-time Faculty in Marketing at Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University,Nick Mattar, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
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Not a celebrity, but the Head and Shoulders twitter account blocked me because I tweeted them every day for a month asking why they don’t have a foot wash line called “Knees and Toes”.I still don’t understand why they don’t!
I told Ted Cruz to sit on a cactus on Twitter years ago. He blocked me and then my account got banned. I appealed it with just “Come on guys it’s Ted Cruz” and to my surprise they unbanned me.
“There are many reasons a celebrity might block a ‘regular person’ on social media. But the one thing people tend to forget is that celebrities are people, too,” Nick Mattar toldBored Pandain a recent interview.“The only difference is that they live their lives under a microscope for all to see and critique. When a celebrity sees something they find objectionable or they otherwise don’t want to see, they may block the user regardless of their status as a ‘regular person’.”
“There are many reasons a celebrity might block a ‘regular person’ on social media. But the one thing people tend to forget is that celebrities are people, too,” Nick Mattar toldBored Pandain a recent interview.
“The only difference is that they live their lives under a microscope for all to see and critique. When a celebrity sees something they find objectionable or they otherwise don’t want to see, they may block the user regardless of their status as a ‘regular person’.”
Not really a “celebrity” but Joel Osteen blocked me on Instagram for calling him out on his preventing people from taking refuge in his mega church during the hurricane.
James Blunt once parked his car in front of my driveway and I couldn’t get my car out :-(.
Discussing the significance of the role social media plays nowadays,Nick Mattarpointed out that it is as important as we make it. “For people like myself, it’s important because it is a major tenet of my career. But for most people, social media fills one of two roles: a form of entertainment or a vehicle to connect with others.”Asked if he agrees that people nowadays tend to blow certain minor things seen on social media out of proportion, the expert emphasized that everyone has different opinions on what is “minor” and what is “major” in our society today, but that there are specific topics today at the forefront of our news cycle because of how social media has amplified their relevance.
Discussing the significance of the role social media plays nowadays,Nick Mattarpointed out that it is as important as we make it. “For people like myself, it’s important because it is a major tenet of my career. But for most people, social media fills one of two roles: a form of entertainment or a vehicle to connect with others.”
Asked if he agrees that people nowadays tend to blow certain minor things seen on social media out of proportion, the expert emphasized that everyone has different opinions on what is “minor” and what is “major” in our society today, but that there are specific topics today at the forefront of our news cycle because of how social media has amplified their relevance.
Posted the picture of a younger, balder Elon Musk in a reply to him.
“Social media plays a unique role for ‘traditional’ celebrities in that it is different for everyone. But we now live in a time when an entire generation of celebrities are famous because of social media,” N. Mattar told Bored Panda. “As a result, social media will always play a different role in their lives because they have seen first-hand the impact it can have on a person. Whether that is a good or bad thing, however, depends on the individual celebrity.”
Ellie Goulding was talking about how meat was bad for you on instagram. I — being the insufferable teenage debate brain I was — wrote an entire essay explaining why she was wrong, the benefits of eating meat, how morality is based on more than someone’s diet etc. I spent about half an hour constructing it. She simply replied “You have too much time on your hands” and blocked me.She wasn’t wrong lol.
Kim K blocked me and I can’t remember why, but badge of honour.
In the 8th grade, I called Dr Phil daddy on Instagram & he blocked me for that.
On Twitter, I asked Gene Simmons, from KISS, if the Kiss cologne smells like his nutsack or Paul Stanley’s. He blocked me.
Frank Ocean dropped out of Coachella last year two days before I was supposedly to see him live claiming he broke his ankle, so I DM’ed him saying “send me the xrays” and he blocked me.
I told hulk hogan I wasnt his brother, so he blocked me.on google plus.
I got drunk one night and tweeted Olive Garden that “your endless pasta bowls are b******t because you ended mine when I took off my pants”…Was blocked within 5 minutes and loved showing people that. After a year they unblocked me so I guess it’s automated.
I was massively into the Glee fandom back in the dayDot Marie Jones (who plays coach beiste) would always tweet in CAPS and one day I just replied something like “WHY DO YOU ALWAYS TYPE IN CAPS” and got blocked lmao.
Not really a celebrity but there was a local realtor named Peggy Hill. I started posting king of the hill memes on her FB page and she blocked me.
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Told Mark Hoppus I was “a big fan of his because Green Day was one my favorite bands in middle school” on Twitter. Got blocked.
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I commented “I want to run my teeth through your mustache” on one of Dr. Phil’s Instagram posts.
Alec Baldwin blocked me on Twitter about 10 years ago. To be fair, I challenged him to a fight in my high school parking lot. Guess he didn’t want no trouble.
It wasn’t me, but William Shatner was talking about his Tinnitus and someone suggested he “sleep with a fan”. They meant an electric fan… He interpreted it a bit differently.
Roseanne blocked me on Twitter about 15 years ago. I forget what she was saying, but it was a blanket statement about how people disagreed with her on a certain subject were un-American. I made some comment about singing the national anthem, and poof! I was blocked.You probably have to be a certain age to even get the reference.
Alton Brown blocked me because I corrected his incorrect usage of “your” and “you’re”.
I told the wrestler Val Venis that I love his matches, because it gave me time to s**t and grab a snack, knowing I wouldn’t miss anything.The lead singer of Trapt was saying they were the biggest band of the 2000’s, and could sell out arenas if they wanted to. I asked him why there were still tickets available to literally every show they had, and why did he choose to play at mostly restaurants. I called it the “Bar and Grille Tour” and he didn’t like that.
I got blocked on soulja boy’s twitch when I asked in chat when will my soulja boy console arrive because I never got any shipping info. He got really really pissed about my question haha.
Phil Mickelson. I asked him if he needed to borrow some cash.
Mario Lopez accidentally followed me probably a decade ago on Twitter. I sent him a DM like 2 weeks later saying thanks for the follow and then was blocked lol.
Reality tv celebrity. I said her boyfriend was a jerk who would cheat on her and she blocked me. He cheated, they broke up.
Adam Baldwin blocked me on Twitter years ago because I told a friend of mine that he was basically Jayne Cobb irl. I guess he searches his name for people to get mad at because neither me nor my friend were big accounts.
When Lena Dunham was cast in American horror story, I tweeted that her season will be called attention w**re story and she blocked me.
Iced Tea blocked me when I told him “your gloves look silly” in response to a picture of him working on a stage with fingerless gloves.
I said Chris D’Elia posted a joke twice and he blocked me. Also, I’m over 18.
Steven Pinker blocked me, I assume because I followed one of the other 10,000,000 accounts he has blocked.
Not really a celebrity, or me, but my niece made a fake FB page for The Bachelor (last name was Spinelli - I’ve never watched) and made him married to her. She would post things between the two of them. She received a cease and desist message and they blocked her. She was 16.
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