It’s supposed to be a HAPPY place…I need to make a quick apology, even though I wasn’t the one who did the wrong. If you recently saw a disgusting meme that was added to the Disney Over 50 Facebook page, I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to monitor it, but this one slipped through and it was up for longer than it should have been. Silly me, thinking that I could take a couple of hours and enjoy Easter dinner with my family.
There’s a small, but loud “boycott Disney” movement right now. Most of the people are just a minor annoyance, but there have been a couple who have been downright offensive. I blocked more people on Easter Sunday than I did the whole first three years of the Facebook page. After asking people not to post political comments, I blocked several people on that post because they commented with politics.
Who do these people think that they’re hurting? I’ve seen them add things to several pages, not just mine. These are all fan sites, run by people who love Disney. They aren’t run by the Walt Disney Company. I can guarantee that Bob Chapek is not going to see any of these! He certainly isn’t going to look on the Disney Over 50 Facebook page and say, “Wow, that disgusting meme is right! I need to change all of our policies immediately.”
The ones who really get hurt by these people are small business owners. People who have worked for years on a blog, YouTube Channel, or magazine, and are finally making a little bit of money off of it. Each time a picture or video receives a mad reaction, Facebook takes notice. Facebook wants pages to be happy places, and there is an algorithm for good vs. bad reactions. Too many bad reactions will end up hurting a small business. They won’t hurt Disney.
I’ve read some of the comments on other sites, as well as on my own. The people who are posting these things seem to think that the sites are owned by Disney, with words like “you need to change…” They also complain about getting so much Disney information in their newsfeeds. That’s how Facebook works. If you comment a subject a lot, Facebook assumes that you like that subject. You’ll keep getting more and more of it in your newsfeed. If they don’t want Disney pages to show up in their newsfeeds, they need to stop commenting on the Disney pages.
A quick thank you to all who support this page. It has grown a lot in the past few months, and there are many incredible people who have helped! Every share, every like, every read post makes a difference. I am humbled by the trust that many of you have placed in me.
A final thought for the people who post the negative comments. If you want to boycott Disney, go ahead! I’m not going to stop you, and I know that my friends who also own fan sites agree with me. But make sure that it’s Disney that you’re sending the message to. Leave the little guy out of it. And keep it civil. A couple of the memes that I’ve had to take down are just as bad as some of the things that you’re boycotting Disney over. Stop being hypocritical.