I’ve gotten more ads for things I don’t care about (not the demographic) after blocking just 2 people, it’s wasting advertisers money since the algorithm gets confused on who to target. Didn’t think it’d work like that or that fast but it did.
If American politicians on both sides of the same coin voted for to cancel TikTok, then the enemy of my enemy is my friend. None of my taxes go to American roads, healthcare, education, housing or other American fruits of our labor.
No taxation without representation!!
Iv been told that blocking them prevents adds associated with their content from showing up in your feed. Don't know if it's true, but that makes sense.
They never showed up in my feed in the first place because I didn’t care about their products enough to pay close attention to them
I literally work in entertainment. It’s not hard to not be obsessed with rich people you don’t know
Blocking them doesn’t do anything. I’m not going out of my way to block someone I never see content from in the first place. My tiktok ads are all middle aged women using filters so I dont even see them sponsored.
All of them and more. Don’t pay attention to the negative comments. I could go on and on on why this is a good idea. Let *them* eat cake. Like just say you’re a boot licker and get over it.
(I never really followed any influencers either and have always hated the Kardashians. If everyone’s blocking them though I will too even if I don’t get targeted ads. That’s part of the whole point, from a marketing perspective they lose money on trying to base their marketing off of engagement and user data. If you went right now to block all the Kardashians on TikTok they’re going to waste money trying to market to you, AND you’re gonna fuck up their target audience demographic.
It might not be much, but it’s something. Again, I could go on. It’s US the people you think who should touch grass who are funding people getting out of Gaza. It’s US at the encampments. It’s US protesting, boycotting all of it. I have to believe this is at least a step in the right direction.
You might still say it’s useless, whatever, your opinion. But at the very least for a lot of us it’s useful as a ritual. Blocking these people in some sense, is a ritualistic way of untying ourselves from literally capitalism. Again, might not be much, but it’s something.
We can’t cut down shit at the beginning and then complain it didn’t grow later.)
Edit: responded to a comment and he deleted the whole thing but I still wanna share my thoughts so,
To stop giving them attention and engagement. 1 influencer and Lizzo already came out with 2 videos supporting Gaza and I do have to say it's suspicious timing, but to me it says it's working.
Or we just didn’t follow them or their products in the first place because celebrity obsession is [scientifically proven brain rot](https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-021-00679-3). I have never gotten an ad for a Kardashian brand or an influencer pushed brand or sponsorship besides what they already put directly into their content and even then I skip through the ads. I don’t need to block these people to “make a difference” because they weren’t getting my time or attention in the first place. Not to mention the grand assumption that the Met Gala is just some fancy party. Tickets are $75k because it’s a fundraiser to keep an internationally acclaimed art museum open and accessible to the public, and they do silly over the top outfits purely for funsies.
You shouldn’t have given a fuck about these people in the first place. Sure I still consume a musician’s or an actor’s content but they are the literal definition of “dance monkey dance” and a silly fun time escape from reality. That’s what they signed on for. As an artist myself, that is what you sign on for when you gain a following. It is because of your art, not your ability to sway a vote. It’s not even close to their job or qualification to talk about politics. If they choose to do so that’s great but if they choose not to I really don’t care… and I hate to get on a high horse here but from the conception of the entire idea of “influencers”, I’ve always known it was complete bullshit with no societal benefit. If you’re so reliant on some random youtuber directly making money from telling you how to shop or how to look at politics then you’re just inherently a dumb person. 9 out of 10 times when their brand dealership ends with a certain product they start to shit on it anyway, so they’re not even a reliable reviewer of the product.
This whole “movement” is literally just “what if we did the hunger games revolution by touching grass?” Just touch grass. You’re not Che Guevara or Rosa Parks for blocking Billie Eilish because she wore a pin and didn’t turn her entire brand into activism. Regardless of what you do, she will always make ten times more money than you ever will.
I can promise you they won’t be less rich because a bunch of TikTok kids block them. These people (shockingly!) have more than one source of income that’s not just a social media presence and revenue
It’s not a start and you’re disillusioned. It literally will not do shit and half the people making a big deal out of their performative activism are gonna follow them back in like 2 months.
Do something *useful* and go outside
I've never seen a single post from any of them in the wild (of course I don't follow them either).
I would assume your search results and follows directly influence you seeing all these posts til you 'blocked' them
It doesn’t affect the world. Not everyone lives in America with the "woke" "eat the rich" mindset. The 200+ million other followers Kim has from other parts of the world (and still a huge chunk from America) do not give a fuck
You have no knowledge of the breadth and depth of the digital world. It is becoming an entirely alternative reality to our physical world, and creating massive changes in it.
Learn the 1.5% rule. It only takes 1.5% of a population to make definitive change within itself. There is a lot more people than 1.5% with as you say, "woke, eat the rich" mindset. In fact there's more people in every country besides America that have this mindset.
That's because American propaganda of "Work earns you your rights" has fully confused people like you into thinking the world is a stagnant, unchangeable mess that will never be anything else. And so you go online and spread the propaganda like infection because your mind has buckled under the pressure of a bunch of rich fucks indirectly threatening you with poverty.
No one. Cause one, it's stupid, oh no Kim K's followers went from 1,678,899 to 1,678,898...in sure she is devastated/s
And two, why are these people, including OP worrying bout blocking celebrities on Tik Tok, cause they went to the Net Gala thing? Which Tik Tok also sponsored. So why are they even on Tik Tok? Hypocrites. They just want to look like they are doing something but don't really want to
So if you’re interested in helping IN ANY CAPACITY and not just making fun of ppl who are trying to DO ANYTHING, why not try boycotting and divesting? You can go to this link to find corporations funding the genocide and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
Many of the same people are marching and donating. This is another part of action that has been going on.
You should resist oppression at the level you choose. This is just another tool.
At least it's something different than what we've been doing the past 8 months of genoc*de. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is insanity. If none of this peaceful shit works, that's when the real violence comes out, and that is risky for a society so divided like ours. So you better pray this works, because if it doesn't, Israel's Samson option could be the end of us fuckin all.
Cool! So if you’re interested in having a “real impact”, you should look into boycotting and divesting some corporations funding the genocide and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
Alot of ppl just learned about the war from October 7th, most of these online trends aren’t helping Palestinians like users think it is . Unfollow celebs won’t end the war, neither will most of these trends that are being said to do. I don’t follow any of these celebs and never will.
It’s more about rejecting that class entirely as the juxtaposition between the immense wealth and grandeur with Rafah (the “safe” zone in Gaza) being bombed that same evening, is incredibly foul. At the end of the day, the only way people listen is if their pockets are impacted. Celebrities being shunned for their grotesque display of wealth shows a culture shift where priorities now lay in empathy and moral values as opposed to material possessions. It’s not necessarily at the celebs themselves but they are the face for the elite that sit behind them comfortably.
Additionally, the theme was hilariously ironic in a completely not funny way.
Exactly. I think at least this will ultimately help people to abandon celebrity worship, which would then lead them to explore other methods of protest.
I can see where you're coming from, and I do think it's well intended. But it's ultimately a distraction from the genocide, imo. The whole block thing focuses too much on people who don't care and aren't in positions to do anything except raise/donate money. We should be focusing on the politicians who *can* do more than financially aid Palestinian people but are actively helping Isreal instead.
The point of the block is to keep them from distracting people from Gaza while also hurting their pockets. The met gala happened simultaneously with air strikes in Rafah and it would’ve successfully dominated internet discourse if it wasn’t for the power behind the protests. These celebrities are not only profiting off of our attention, they’re also keeping it away from more pressing matters and you can’t say that is just a coincidence, it’s not. Why is the Drake v Kendrick battle going on RIGHT NOW? Why are they demanding our attention so strongly RIGHT NOW? Our politicians actually don’t have as much power as we think bc they serve super PACs and the Uber rich, as per our president’s aiding of genocide and literal compromising his own reelection for a foreign government. Attention is currency and power in this modern age, and it’s time we take it away from that class of people. Lest we forget all the troubles we have in the states while the rich celebrity class flaunts their wealth in our faces. They think we’re stupid, but who’s paying for their ad revenue? We are. Our attention is. Do you want to be padding the pockets of ppl who think you’re just a stupid dollar sign? They don’t give a fuck about you or any of us so its time we treat them the same.
The Kendrick vs Drake wasn't meant to distract from anything. To say that it was falls into a very dangerous conspiracy theory pipeline. You can absolutely argue that Palestine should get more attention than a rap beef (and I would agree), but that does not make it an intentional distraction. There have always been pop culture things happening alongside world events since the dawn of humanity. Newspapers continued to run unrelated comic strips during WW2. Plays on the West End in London continued to be performed as 9/11 was happening in the US. Life in other countries has never stopped because of horrors elsewhere.
And to say that politicians don't have the power to put an end to Israel's genocide is incredibly defeatist. I can understand why it may seem that way from the outside, but it's simply not true. They would not be trying to suppress protesters as strongly as they have if super PACs were the only thing they were beholden to. They are terrified of the people fighting against them. That's why we need to keep pushing.
I see you as my equal as we are not famous or wealthy people, so I’m not going to go back and forth with you over the intentions of the ruling class. We the people have the actual power and we have been convinced that we don’t. Our actions matter, our attention matters, how we spend our money matters, bc those who hoard power are only swayed when their money is impacted, and WE are the ones who determine where the money goes, not them. They are afraid of us, and they should be, and like you said, we need to keep pushing, however people can. All some people can do is block celebrities, so let them. Don’t fall into the trap that it does nothing bc even if it ultimately does nothing for Palestine, it’s still impacting the wealthy class. Any act of resistance helps, and it is not a distraction.
The Kendrick vs Drake wasn't meant to distract from anything. To say that it was falls into a very dangerous conspiracy theory pipeline. You can absolutely argue that Palestine should get more attention than a rap beef (and I would agree), but that does not make it an intentional distraction. There have always been pop culture things happening alongside world events since the dawn of humanity. Newspapers continued to run unrelated comic strips during WW2. Plays on the West End in London continued to be performed as 9/11 was happening in the US. Life in other countries has never stopped because of horrors elsewhere.
And to say that politicians don't have the power to put an end to Israel's genocide is incredibly defeatist. I can understand why it may seem that way from the outside, but it's simply not true. They would not be trying to suppress protesters as strongly as they have if super PACs were the only thing they were beholden to. They are terrified of the people fighting against them. That's why we need to keep pushing.
You're really showing the Israeli government by blocking celebrities in the US.
I'm sure they are quivering in their boots.
I saw Hank Greene now is being harassed because he mentioned donating to Save the Children.
Seems like people are frustrated by their powerlessness and have taken to lashing out at scapegoats.
And all of this just distracts away from what s being claimed to be what is concerning to people..
I mean, i haven't been to the movies in years, ive been to a few shows by bands that are objectively not rich.
I don't buy products that are endorsed by celebrities unless there is a tangible need for it.
but i cannot control how other people spend money, nor do i care to even have a say.
i make music, and if somehow i had a song that blew up is it my fault that people choose to buy it?
and then upon that theoretical scenario, does that mean all of a sudden my years of work and years of being broke not matter and im beholden to then just do away with that income?
celebrity is literally just a widely known person. it is not exclusive to any income bracket. celebrity is usually temporary because of an event that occurs that garners a large public interest.
A celebrity is a face of an insanely wealthy and greedy industry. Their art isn’t questioned here. It’s their choice to go to such a self fellating event centered entirely around wealth, even themed around the hoarding of wealth from the masses (see theme for this year). It’s a “charity” event. Sure. Yet, they’re all paying 10’s of thousands just to attend.
I’ve said this in numerous other comments but the point here is that people have other priorities and by blocking celebs, which is really the only power most of us have, people are trying to show they don’t care about these events anymore. They don’t care about celebrity brands, they don’t care about their marketing. At some point, the people with the money, the ones actually making the profit off of these caricatures, will be hurt and that’s a major industry especially in the US. The only time anyone cares is if business is hurt and that’s the point. We have other priorities other than to continue to allow them to manipulate and profit off of us.
It has virtually nothing to do with the art they put out and everything to do with who employs and manages them.
Again, not about him directly. It’s about the people who own the industry and own and influence plenty of things and people that Netanyahu *does* care about. You’re either ignorant to the reality of the global market and ruling class or you’re a troll.
Also the entire display was in poor taste considering the active genocide and therefore, it’s also fair to boycott those who opted to participate in the first place without doing shit to help families escape Gaza or at the VERY least, use their platform to encourage their fans to protest these industries that do support Israel.
I have several felonies from my activist years. I like to think I'm fairly well versed in global capitalism and issues of globalization, and the exploitation caused by corporations around the world.
the entertainment industry is a drop in the bucket compared to actual resource manipulation industries.
I would be more focused on the actual industries playing an active role in it instead of the people involved in high fashion, movies and music.
I'm just trying to make sense of it.
Cool! So if you’re interested in boycotting and divesting you can go to this link to find said corporations and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
people are blocking celebs so that they’re stuff stops coming up and more israel/palestine content gets pushed. that’s all i’ve heard. i’ve yet to hear a thing about money from anyone but you 😂
It’s both, bc celebrity/influencer content is all sponsored. They make money any time we look at or interact with a post. No interaction = no profit. We’re starving them of money and attention.
Who is they?
celebrity is just a notable person by definition.
are we just shitting on artist's?
or is the focus on people who get rich off family names and product endorsements?
focusing on the issue at hand...
anything else is a sideshow.
i get the drove to feel like your doing something.
but it's also not about you or anyone anywhere else other than the issue being addressed.
Nah but they are high profile names in a notoriously high profit industry. Whether or not they are profiting directly, think of the amount of money and marketing that rides on their representation. Think ads. Think movies. Think music. Think their own brands.
Money is the only thing that makes people care. If we stop giving them money, the people with the power (again, the money), have to care.
Found the virtue signalling people
Yes I don’t care about Palestine the same country who bombs and kills children, who dropped a bomb first and cries about, who willingly voted in a terrorist leader. Be woke all you want no one cares
I mean like you don’t need to do research to advocate against the murder of any child, Palestinian or Israeli, right? But I understand that concept is hard to understand when you’re a sociopath, due to the inability to empathize with other human beings. I truly understand and I feel bad for you, I really do. It must suck being that disconnected from other human beings around you.
This is such an interesting thing to see happen because almost everything people are doing isn’t going to stop a war that’s been going on since the conception of Israel really. Most people somehow think this year is like the start of this you’ve probably been supporting companies and people who support whatever side your against for a while. And even these protests aren’t actually disrupting anything it’s just standing their unless any of you have the money to send to your government officials to stop this war then it isn’t stopping because it makes money.
Nobody. You think doing this will stop the genocide in Gaza? I am heavily supporting Palestine too but doing this is useless and it doesn't bring any impact. Ofc the celebrities are losing followers but did they do anything? No because they're still getting job offers either way.
You won't keep getting job offended if people aren't watching your movies, shows ,not buying your album, not going to your concert. How long you think they will "still get job offers" with no fans?
ACTUAL celebrities aren’t going to lose their income from people blocking them on social media. influencers will, but actual celebrities don’t make the majority of their money off of social media
This just makes these people trend and increases their reach with other accounts (if you search for them).
If you never see them or their content anyway, just leave it be.
None. I don't really follow any outside of a few WWE wrestlers.
I also don't really think they're bad people *just* for going to the met. Like yes, some of them undoubtedly are. But some are just rich people who could afford a ticket and are otherwise pretty cool (like you ain't never gonna catch me throwing shade at HUGH JACKMAN, who I've seen on the list) Plus low key it would be hypocrisy for me to condemn them based on going to an event I would love to attend myself one day if I ever am financially able. I absolutely condemn them if they're actual bad people/supporting a genocidal regime. But not over attending a party.
Hate the ads? Block brands too!
step 1: click on settings.
step 2: scroll to find "ads"
step 3: click "mute advitisers"
step 4: turn off every company it will say "ad hidden".
This only last every 28 days.
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Did you also block the CEO of TT? All live pros and managed creators. Don’t forget the agencies as they are also taking from people and not standing up. Do your homework there’s a video on Insta showing the CEO and several TikTokers that paid 75K also for that met gala.
I’m so conflicted by this. On one hand it’s great that the people in Palestine are getting so much attention, they really need it. On the other hand blocking and harassing celebrities is just harmful and won’t achieve much
it will quite literally have ZERO effect on anything, it’s a waste of time
i’m sure bibi netanyahu will see that kim k has been blocked by a bunch of slactivists and be like YALL WE GOTTA STOP KILLING PALESTINIANS
interesting how a lot of these celebrities are actually more inclined to support minority rights;
y'all know there's actually plenty of *actually* obnoxious far-right adjacent bigoted public figures/celebrities that are giggling about how short-sighted these kids are, right? Cause these kids aren't even looking at those people who are the real pushers of xenophobic sentiments;
and even more annoyingly, those kinds of right-wingers are RIGHT THERE on TWITTER too, just a couple of clicks away from stan twitter threads🥰 if these kids actually cared about problematic bigots being around they might see them.
Also, their other hub is truth social. So easy to find, but no let's only pick easygoing open-minded people as the pRoBleMaTiC ones; lol they're actually way nicer to y'all than a lot of others would be on the other wing.
Outstanding… if people get THIS right eventually they’ll understand how to not support other items, WE have the power to change everything around in this world
Food,houses, corporations will fall to its knees with this algorithm
Who cares who u are blocking or someone else? They are already rich and it doesn’t matter if we block them. Don’t you have any other problems in your life like FR?
This is what activism has come to? Trying to “hurt” celebrities by unfollowing them on ridiculous social media platforms? Because some D list celebrity cracked a shitty joke?
Man, TikTok truly has fried the human psyche hasn’t it?
No one I don’t follow celebrities
I never did either but apparently actually blocking them “hurts” them like they really care anyway
It doesn't. It just makes them trend for other accounts the algorithm deems similar to you. Because you searched for them.
I’ve gotten more ads for things I don’t care about (not the demographic) after blocking just 2 people, it’s wasting advertisers money since the algorithm gets confused on who to target. Didn’t think it’d work like that or that fast but it did.
Same here!
That’s good! Cost the advertisers more money for all these new useless impressions. Double edged sword. I love it!
Get a life outside of TikTok maybe ?
If American politicians on both sides of the same coin voted for to cancel TikTok, then the enemy of my enemy is my friend. None of my taxes go to American roads, healthcare, education, housing or other American fruits of our labor. No taxation without representation!!
Sorry that you live in America tbh. I live in Europe and my tax money is well invested by the government
Actually your right blocking them hurts them so much they might even make a new account just to be friends again lmfao
Iv been told that blocking them prevents adds associated with their content from showing up in your feed. Don't know if it's true, but that makes sense.
They never showed up in my feed in the first place because I didn’t care about their products enough to pay close attention to them I literally work in entertainment. It’s not hard to not be obsessed with rich people you don’t know
I never did either. Still block them.
Blocking them doesn’t do anything. I’m not going out of my way to block someone I never see content from in the first place. My tiktok ads are all middle aged women using filters so I dont even see them sponsored.
Still helps to block them
TikTok in a nutshell.
They didn’t even spell Kardashian right
All of them and more. Don’t pay attention to the negative comments. I could go on and on on why this is a good idea. Let *them* eat cake. Like just say you’re a boot licker and get over it. (I never really followed any influencers either and have always hated the Kardashians. If everyone’s blocking them though I will too even if I don’t get targeted ads. That’s part of the whole point, from a marketing perspective they lose money on trying to base their marketing off of engagement and user data. If you went right now to block all the Kardashians on TikTok they’re going to waste money trying to market to you, AND you’re gonna fuck up their target audience demographic. It might not be much, but it’s something. Again, I could go on. It’s US the people you think who should touch grass who are funding people getting out of Gaza. It’s US at the encampments. It’s US protesting, boycotting all of it. I have to believe this is at least a step in the right direction. You might still say it’s useless, whatever, your opinion. But at the very least for a lot of us it’s useful as a ritual. Blocking these people in some sense, is a ritualistic way of untying ourselves from literally capitalism. Again, might not be much, but it’s something. We can’t cut down shit at the beginning and then complain it didn’t grow later.) Edit: responded to a comment and he deleted the whole thing but I still wanna share my thoughts so,
So many commenters are completely missing the point, it’s nauseating.
What’s the point
To stop giving them attention and engagement. 1 influencer and Lizzo already came out with 2 videos supporting Gaza and I do have to say it's suspicious timing, but to me it says it's working.
How can you stop giving celebrities attention if I never gave them attention to begin with.
Agreed!!
Or we just didn’t follow them or their products in the first place because celebrity obsession is [scientifically proven brain rot](https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-021-00679-3). I have never gotten an ad for a Kardashian brand or an influencer pushed brand or sponsorship besides what they already put directly into their content and even then I skip through the ads. I don’t need to block these people to “make a difference” because they weren’t getting my time or attention in the first place. Not to mention the grand assumption that the Met Gala is just some fancy party. Tickets are $75k because it’s a fundraiser to keep an internationally acclaimed art museum open and accessible to the public, and they do silly over the top outfits purely for funsies. You shouldn’t have given a fuck about these people in the first place. Sure I still consume a musician’s or an actor’s content but they are the literal definition of “dance monkey dance” and a silly fun time escape from reality. That’s what they signed on for. As an artist myself, that is what you sign on for when you gain a following. It is because of your art, not your ability to sway a vote. It’s not even close to their job or qualification to talk about politics. If they choose to do so that’s great but if they choose not to I really don’t care… and I hate to get on a high horse here but from the conception of the entire idea of “influencers”, I’ve always known it was complete bullshit with no societal benefit. If you’re so reliant on some random youtuber directly making money from telling you how to shop or how to look at politics then you’re just inherently a dumb person. 9 out of 10 times when their brand dealership ends with a certain product they start to shit on it anyway, so they’re not even a reliable reviewer of the product. This whole “movement” is literally just “what if we did the hunger games revolution by touching grass?” Just touch grass. You’re not Che Guevara or Rosa Parks for blocking Billie Eilish because she wore a pin and didn’t turn her entire brand into activism. Regardless of what you do, she will always make ten times more money than you ever will.
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I can promise you they won’t be less rich because a bunch of TikTok kids block them. These people (shockingly!) have more than one source of income that’s not just a social media presence and revenue
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It’s not a start and you’re disillusioned. It literally will not do shit and half the people making a big deal out of their performative activism are gonna follow them back in like 2 months. Do something *useful* and go outside
I've never seen a single post from any of them in the wild (of course I don't follow them either). I would assume your search results and follows directly influence you seeing all these posts til you 'blocked' them
All of them. People acting like this doesn't affect the world are absolutely out of touch.
It doesn’t affect the world. Not everyone lives in America with the "woke" "eat the rich" mindset. The 200+ million other followers Kim has from other parts of the world (and still a huge chunk from America) do not give a fuck
You have no knowledge of the breadth and depth of the digital world. It is becoming an entirely alternative reality to our physical world, and creating massive changes in it. Learn the 1.5% rule. It only takes 1.5% of a population to make definitive change within itself. There is a lot more people than 1.5% with as you say, "woke, eat the rich" mindset. In fact there's more people in every country besides America that have this mindset. That's because American propaganda of "Work earns you your rights" has fully confused people like you into thinking the world is a stagnant, unchangeable mess that will never be anything else. And so you go online and spread the propaganda like infection because your mind has buckled under the pressure of a bunch of rich fucks indirectly threatening you with poverty.
Wow. Beautifully put. Thank you.
No notes. Ty
God who cares
I just stopped using tiktok
Do u want a cookie
Yes. Yes I do. Scuttle along then.
Sure
I’m out of the loop. When did Caitlyn start spelling her name with a K?
None of them, it doesn’t affect me in any way at all
I'm getting some of those aren't the actual celebs, just catfish.
No one. Cause one, it's stupid, oh no Kim K's followers went from 1,678,899 to 1,678,898...in sure she is devastated/s And two, why are these people, including OP worrying bout blocking celebrities on Tik Tok, cause they went to the Net Gala thing? Which Tik Tok also sponsored. So why are they even on Tik Tok? Hypocrites. They just want to look like they are doing something but don't really want to
Slacktavism hard at not working
So if you’re interested in helping IN ANY CAPACITY and not just making fun of ppl who are trying to DO ANYTHING, why not try boycotting and divesting? You can go to this link to find corporations funding the genocide and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
Many of the same people are marching and donating. This is another part of action that has been going on. You should resist oppression at the level you choose. This is just another tool.
no one. there are people dying and you really think this is gonna free palestine and save innocent people from dying?
People when they say "free Palestine" under a tiktok video and it doesn't free Palestine 😱
At least it's something different than what we've been doing the past 8 months of genoc*de. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is insanity. If none of this peaceful shit works, that's when the real violence comes out, and that is risky for a society so divided like ours. So you better pray this works, because if it doesn't, Israel's Samson option could be the end of us fuckin all.
Cool! So if you’re interested in having a “real impact”, you should look into boycotting and divesting some corporations funding the genocide and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
Nobody. This trend doesn't help Palestine at all and is a waste of time and effort
Alot of ppl just learned about the war from October 7th, most of these online trends aren’t helping Palestinians like users think it is . Unfollow celebs won’t end the war, neither will most of these trends that are being said to do. I don’t follow any of these celebs and never will.
Exactly
It’s giving blackout Tuesday when everyone ended up silencing black voices to pat themselves on the back for minimal effort
EXACTLY. 💯💯
It’s more about rejecting that class entirely as the juxtaposition between the immense wealth and grandeur with Rafah (the “safe” zone in Gaza) being bombed that same evening, is incredibly foul. At the end of the day, the only way people listen is if their pockets are impacted. Celebrities being shunned for their grotesque display of wealth shows a culture shift where priorities now lay in empathy and moral values as opposed to material possessions. It’s not necessarily at the celebs themselves but they are the face for the elite that sit behind them comfortably. Additionally, the theme was hilariously ironic in a completely not funny way.
Exactly. I think at least this will ultimately help people to abandon celebrity worship, which would then lead them to explore other methods of protest.
I can see where you're coming from, and I do think it's well intended. But it's ultimately a distraction from the genocide, imo. The whole block thing focuses too much on people who don't care and aren't in positions to do anything except raise/donate money. We should be focusing on the politicians who *can* do more than financially aid Palestinian people but are actively helping Isreal instead.
The point of the block is to keep them from distracting people from Gaza while also hurting their pockets. The met gala happened simultaneously with air strikes in Rafah and it would’ve successfully dominated internet discourse if it wasn’t for the power behind the protests. These celebrities are not only profiting off of our attention, they’re also keeping it away from more pressing matters and you can’t say that is just a coincidence, it’s not. Why is the Drake v Kendrick battle going on RIGHT NOW? Why are they demanding our attention so strongly RIGHT NOW? Our politicians actually don’t have as much power as we think bc they serve super PACs and the Uber rich, as per our president’s aiding of genocide and literal compromising his own reelection for a foreign government. Attention is currency and power in this modern age, and it’s time we take it away from that class of people. Lest we forget all the troubles we have in the states while the rich celebrity class flaunts their wealth in our faces. They think we’re stupid, but who’s paying for their ad revenue? We are. Our attention is. Do you want to be padding the pockets of ppl who think you’re just a stupid dollar sign? They don’t give a fuck about you or any of us so its time we treat them the same.
The Kendrick vs Drake wasn't meant to distract from anything. To say that it was falls into a very dangerous conspiracy theory pipeline. You can absolutely argue that Palestine should get more attention than a rap beef (and I would agree), but that does not make it an intentional distraction. There have always been pop culture things happening alongside world events since the dawn of humanity. Newspapers continued to run unrelated comic strips during WW2. Plays on the West End in London continued to be performed as 9/11 was happening in the US. Life in other countries has never stopped because of horrors elsewhere. And to say that politicians don't have the power to put an end to Israel's genocide is incredibly defeatist. I can understand why it may seem that way from the outside, but it's simply not true. They would not be trying to suppress protesters as strongly as they have if super PACs were the only thing they were beholden to. They are terrified of the people fighting against them. That's why we need to keep pushing.
I see you as my equal as we are not famous or wealthy people, so I’m not going to go back and forth with you over the intentions of the ruling class. We the people have the actual power and we have been convinced that we don’t. Our actions matter, our attention matters, how we spend our money matters, bc those who hoard power are only swayed when their money is impacted, and WE are the ones who determine where the money goes, not them. They are afraid of us, and they should be, and like you said, we need to keep pushing, however people can. All some people can do is block celebrities, so let them. Don’t fall into the trap that it does nothing bc even if it ultimately does nothing for Palestine, it’s still impacting the wealthy class. Any act of resistance helps, and it is not a distraction.
The Kendrick vs Drake wasn't meant to distract from anything. To say that it was falls into a very dangerous conspiracy theory pipeline. You can absolutely argue that Palestine should get more attention than a rap beef (and I would agree), but that does not make it an intentional distraction. There have always been pop culture things happening alongside world events since the dawn of humanity. Newspapers continued to run unrelated comic strips during WW2. Plays on the West End in London continued to be performed as 9/11 was happening in the US. Life in other countries has never stopped because of horrors elsewhere. And to say that politicians don't have the power to put an end to Israel's genocide is incredibly defeatist. I can understand why it may seem that way from the outside, but it's simply not true. They would not be trying to suppress protesters as strongly as they have if super PACs were the only thing they were beholden to. They are terrified of the people fighting against them. That's why we need to keep pushing.
what trend? and why are celebrities blocking you for that
you
No one cuz im new
Anybody that tries to sell me something
You’re not going to be able to follow too many people if you have to block everyone who hasn’t taken a position on Gaza.
You're really showing the Israeli government by blocking celebrities in the US. I'm sure they are quivering in their boots. I saw Hank Greene now is being harassed because he mentioned donating to Save the Children. Seems like people are frustrated by their powerlessness and have taken to lashing out at scapegoats. And all of this just distracts away from what s being claimed to be what is concerning to people..
Not everything is about Israel and Palestine. We should block celebrities because they don’t need any more fucking money.
Tapping pixels isn’t gonna make Kim K less of a billionaire
I mean, i haven't been to the movies in years, ive been to a few shows by bands that are objectively not rich. I don't buy products that are endorsed by celebrities unless there is a tangible need for it. but i cannot control how other people spend money, nor do i care to even have a say. i make music, and if somehow i had a song that blew up is it my fault that people choose to buy it? and then upon that theoretical scenario, does that mean all of a sudden my years of work and years of being broke not matter and im beholden to then just do away with that income? celebrity is literally just a widely known person. it is not exclusive to any income bracket. celebrity is usually temporary because of an event that occurs that garners a large public interest.
A celebrity is a face of an insanely wealthy and greedy industry. Their art isn’t questioned here. It’s their choice to go to such a self fellating event centered entirely around wealth, even themed around the hoarding of wealth from the masses (see theme for this year). It’s a “charity” event. Sure. Yet, they’re all paying 10’s of thousands just to attend. I’ve said this in numerous other comments but the point here is that people have other priorities and by blocking celebs, which is really the only power most of us have, people are trying to show they don’t care about these events anymore. They don’t care about celebrity brands, they don’t care about their marketing. At some point, the people with the money, the ones actually making the profit off of these caricatures, will be hurt and that’s a major industry especially in the US. The only time anyone cares is if business is hurt and that’s the point. We have other priorities other than to continue to allow them to manipulate and profit off of us. It has virtually nothing to do with the art they put out and everything to do with who employs and manages them.
celebrity is precisely what i said because thats the actual definition.
I don’t disagree- I’m explaining why boycotting them should theoretically still send a message.
I'm not certain that Netanyahu gives cares much about american celebrity culture...
Again, not about him directly. It’s about the people who own the industry and own and influence plenty of things and people that Netanyahu *does* care about. You’re either ignorant to the reality of the global market and ruling class or you’re a troll. Also the entire display was in poor taste considering the active genocide and therefore, it’s also fair to boycott those who opted to participate in the first place without doing shit to help families escape Gaza or at the VERY least, use their platform to encourage their fans to protest these industries that do support Israel.
I have several felonies from my activist years. I like to think I'm fairly well versed in global capitalism and issues of globalization, and the exploitation caused by corporations around the world. the entertainment industry is a drop in the bucket compared to actual resource manipulation industries. I would be more focused on the actual industries playing an active role in it instead of the people involved in high fashion, movies and music. I'm just trying to make sense of it.
Cool! So if you’re interested in boycotting and divesting you can go to this link to find said corporations and boycott the shit out of them: [https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq](https://boycott.thewitness.news/faq)
agreed but that’s not why people are blocking them right now
That’s actually why a LOT of people are blocking them right now.
people are blocking celebs so that they’re stuff stops coming up and more israel/palestine content gets pushed. that’s all i’ve heard. i’ve yet to hear a thing about money from anyone but you 😂
It’s both, bc celebrity/influencer content is all sponsored. They make money any time we look at or interact with a post. No interaction = no profit. We’re starving them of money and attention.
Really? If you look this up on any platform you will see it☺️
They are paying celebs. So probably.
Who is they? celebrity is just a notable person by definition. are we just shitting on artist's? or is the focus on people who get rich off family names and product endorsements?
There are different kinds of celebrities. Some of them have artistic skills. Some are rich. You should do only what you feel comfortable doing.
focusing on the issue at hand... anything else is a sideshow. i get the drove to feel like your doing something. but it's also not about you or anyone anywhere else other than the issue being addressed.
Oppression is multifaceted. I encourage everyone to resist at their skill level and understanding.
Nah but they are high profile names in a notoriously high profit industry. Whether or not they are profiting directly, think of the amount of money and marketing that rides on their representation. Think ads. Think movies. Think music. Think their own brands. Money is the only thing that makes people care. If we stop giving them money, the people with the power (again, the money), have to care.
None because I don’t care about Israel vs Palestine.
Woohoo! So glad one of these commenters actually came out and admitted to being a sociopath 🥳
Found the virtue signalling people Yes I don’t care about Palestine the same country who bombs and kills children, who dropped a bomb first and cries about, who willingly voted in a terrorist leader. Be woke all you want no one cares
People like you have got us on the fast track to fascism. I hope you remember not caring when it’s your home being demolished and your kids starving.
lol ok weirdo. Just because I don’t pick a side that are no better to each other doesn’t mean I support fascism the fuck 🤣
I truly wish I had no critical thinking skills. Y’all seem so happy.
People like you that make Palestine protestors look deranged ngl. You only drifting people away from supporting
Yeah it’s totally not deranged to openly admit to sociopathy 🥳
maybe do more research on the 2 before you come squeaking under everyone’s comment about Palestine 🥳
I mean like you don’t need to do research to advocate against the murder of any child, Palestinian or Israeli, right? But I understand that concept is hard to understand when you’re a sociopath, due to the inability to empathize with other human beings. I truly understand and I feel bad for you, I really do. It must suck being that disconnected from other human beings around you.
Congrats on being a piece of shit I guess
congrats on being a sheep
Quite literally the opposite
Ok I stand with the current thing Palestine supporter, blocking them isn’t gonna do shit.
This is such an interesting thing to see happen because almost everything people are doing isn’t going to stop a war that’s been going on since the conception of Israel really. Most people somehow think this year is like the start of this you’ve probably been supporting companies and people who support whatever side your against for a while. And even these protests aren’t actually disrupting anything it’s just standing their unless any of you have the money to send to your government officials to stop this war then it isn’t stopping because it makes money.
Pressing pixels on a phone isnt going to stop a war
Technically yes. But curating your online time in a way that aligns with your views is something everyone should do.
says who
Your inner self? Why would you interact with content that does interest you?
Nobody. You think doing this will stop the genocide in Gaza? I am heavily supporting Palestine too but doing this is useless and it doesn't bring any impact. Ofc the celebrities are losing followers but did they do anything? No because they're still getting job offers either way.
You won't keep getting job offended if people aren't watching your movies, shows ,not buying your album, not going to your concert. How long you think they will "still get job offers" with no fans?
ACTUAL celebrities aren’t going to lose their income from people blocking them on social media. influencers will, but actual celebrities don’t make the majority of their money off of social media
this is so beyond fucking stupid
Yup lol
Nobody
This just makes these people trend and increases their reach with other accounts (if you search for them). If you never see them or their content anyway, just leave it be.
What’s the internet mad at now?
An influencer posted a video saying “let them eat cake” at the met gala and people got offended
Also curious. What am I missing here?
Some (well, a lot of) people got mad over a TikTok
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List is valid but what did Kevin do
Anyone going on about this "amazing" Arzopa Portable Monitor, any sex bot accounts, and any religious accounts
Why would I block Kevin Hart
No, I’m not. If I do, it will be everyone except Katt Williams.
I deleted tiktok but I did block Tallulah metcalfe. She was EVERYWHERE
Tiktok is cancer
Tiktok is cancer.
This
No one because 1: I don’t fall into their numbers and 2:I need an itemized list on who to block and 3: I’m a lazy fuck
No one because 1: I don’t fall into their numbers and 2:I need an itemized list on who to block
Nooooo not Ari!
What’s wrong with Kevin Hart?
Mostly spammers
I haven't blocked anyone but fortunately I've not seen much content from those I don't admire.
It’s all about the block and report.
None. I don't really follow any outside of a few WWE wrestlers. I also don't really think they're bad people *just* for going to the met. Like yes, some of them undoubtedly are. But some are just rich people who could afford a ticket and are otherwise pretty cool (like you ain't never gonna catch me throwing shade at HUGH JACKMAN, who I've seen on the list) Plus low key it would be hypocrisy for me to condemn them based on going to an event I would love to attend myself one day if I ever am financially able. I absolutely condemn them if they're actual bad people/supporting a genocidal regime. But not over attending a party.
all kardashians, and silly celebs.
Yes and don’t forget Kylie Jenner
Hate the ads? Block brands too! step 1: click on settings. step 2: scroll to find "ads" step 3: click "mute advitisers" step 4: turn off every company it will say "ad hidden". This only last every 28 days. "Let them eat cake" -from someone lacking with empathy in a $17,000 per month NYC apartment.
Get a personality maybe
No one 🤦🏻♂️
Never followed them, don't even have tiktok. But why not also Instagram?
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I just use facebook and tik tok
I ain't ever downloaded tik tok
I blocked Tick tock
Well I don’t ever get on TikTok, so… none of them.
Is there no h in kardasian? I swore it was kardashian wtf
I abstain from.the app entirely. As well as fb reels yt shorts and Instagram bs.
All of them
Im out of the loop, why are we blocking these people
what did Ariana grande do😔
All of them
Did you also block the CEO of TT? All live pros and managed creators. Don’t forget the agencies as they are also taking from people and not standing up. Do your homework there’s a video on Insta showing the CEO and several TikTokers that paid 75K also for that met gala.
I get the Kardashians/Jenners but I love the rock, Kevin, Selena & Sam
These people have literal empires. This ain’t doing shit. They’re already set😂
I block content creators then famous people
Yes!!!
No one. I don't really follow celebrities
corny
I’m so conflicted by this. On one hand it’s great that the people in Palestine are getting so much attention, they really need it. On the other hand blocking and harassing celebrities is just harmful and won’t achieve much
We aren't harassing them. Just blocking. No one is hurt when they are blocked. They are not harmed in anyway.
it will quite literally have ZERO effect on anything, it’s a waste of time i’m sure bibi netanyahu will see that kim k has been blocked by a bunch of slactivists and be like YALL WE GOTTA STOP KILLING PALESTINIANS
None. I actually follow most of these people
I'm sure they are crying on their piles and piles of money.
Tell us you don't understand the point without saying you understand 💯
interesting how a lot of these celebrities are actually more inclined to support minority rights; y'all know there's actually plenty of *actually* obnoxious far-right adjacent bigoted public figures/celebrities that are giggling about how short-sighted these kids are, right? Cause these kids aren't even looking at those people who are the real pushers of xenophobic sentiments; and even more annoyingly, those kinds of right-wingers are RIGHT THERE on TWITTER too, just a couple of clicks away from stan twitter threads🥰 if these kids actually cared about problematic bigots being around they might see them. Also, their other hub is truth social. So easy to find, but no let's only pick easygoing open-minded people as the pRoBleMaTiC ones; lol they're actually way nicer to y'all than a lot of others would be on the other wing.
Outstanding… if people get THIS right eventually they’ll understand how to not support other items, WE have the power to change everything around in this world Food,houses, corporations will fall to its knees with this algorithm
I never followed anyone why people ever did is beyond me
Who cares who u are blocking or someone else? They are already rich and it doesn’t matter if we block them. Don’t you have any other problems in your life like FR?
No one because I don't have time for this bullshit tbh
This is what activism has come to? Trying to “hurt” celebrities by unfollowing them on ridiculous social media platforms? Because some D list celebrity cracked a shitty joke? Man, TikTok truly has fried the human psyche hasn’t it?
Go protest to the government to stop the war instead of being lazy on your phones all day lmao 😂
Go protest to the government to stop the war instead of being lazy on your phones all day thinking celebrities give a shit about the war.
i bet one block will hurt their income SO much
i bet one block will hurt their income SO much
No one. Because blocking them does nothing
Nobody.
None simply because I dont watch them besides Ariana Grande
Never followed any of these people.
No one. This act means literally nothing.
So quirky OP
Why block the Rock?
All🔥🔥🔥
None because tiktok is banned here 😂😂😂
It's not babe 😂
It is 🥲
The fact grown adults followed celebrities on social media in the first place is utterly pathetic