I think its a multitude of factors like message board rhetoric leaking into social media, people in general treating social media like a gameday thread (people lose their mind and say the wildest things but on a message board we leave it there and its done, on twitter it stays on the feed and everyone sees it), any and everyone having a voice on social media, so the sane fan wont say much but the crazy person will loudly just continue voicing their insane opinion and people will listen.
Like NO ONE would walk on the street and listen to someone who "forgot" to take their meds or strung out on crack/meth/whatever en vougue drug of the times or a street walker, but on social media they can be an expert, grow a an actual following worldwide who listens to them and their crack head opinions can hold weight just due to following, weirdest **** ever in soo many spaces online, sports, relationships, money/finance, etc. And also the fact outrage marketing works better than regular takes, trolls get engagement and social media has made engagement = $$$ so people are incentivized to continue, weird times man..
Also the funniest example I saw cruising CFB this weekend is National Champs Indiana, they won their game 38-0 for their second shut out and they are ****SSSED, they are comparing their QB to Mendoza (like we do Wilson to Bain and which players HATE lol, every interview is same ****) Its gotten soo loud Cignetti has had to make multiple comments about Hoover being their QB (added below)
This was a post I had on WEZ:
So it seems universal.. Indiana fans are ****ED they dont look like last year championship team and something is wrong with offense and defense isnt as good as last year..
Indiana won 38-0,
outgained them 513 to 186,
7.8 to 3.0 YPP
Had 233 rushing yards to 66
Only thing you can look at is they were 2-10 on third downs
I think its just due to User content on social media and the psycho fans can get online and just scream online.. Outrage marketing gets more view$ on social media, its more sticky and gets shared more. Its unfortunate..
These are guys actually letting the fans know they are doing well but just look at the headline and how its framed..