#i half joke that certain shippers have gotten into the social media positions but i don't think that's why

[cobraonthecob]

the summary is that it gets clicks and likes, and that's why the social media accounts are more likely to invoke ship names askldfjalksdjf

the long version is that most teams - especially the big-name social media heavy ones (sauber and haas excluded, sauber has one person managing the soc med, and haas i don't really follow) - have done this at some point, i think alpine invoked yukierre. so far, ferrari has used C2 to refer to charles and carlos, but so many people on insta are breaching containment by using charlos. i think carlando has been referenced a few times by various social media, but i could be wrong and i'm not sifting through instagram's posts

i'm not exactly sure where this shift came from, as we don't necessarily know who the social media managers behind each account are (the only one i know by name is josh, who was formerly with alphatauri but then moved to ferrari in 2023, he's part of the reason why yuki and pierre have so much content because he knows how to draw out their personalities. i know he's having fun with charles and carlos lol), so i can't really determine if they're invoking these names to specifically get engagement from the fandom (as in, the people who do partake in rpf shipping) or if they just think it's a quick shorthand for referring to the drivers.

regardless, it gets clicks, it gets likes, and that's what matters to the social media accounts. i really think that the fandom on twitter and instagram really need to learn rpf fandom etiquette, because there is a SPECIFIC etiquette fans need to follow, which is to not show the people involved the content the fandom is making. you can show them your gen fanart, but for the love of everything, do not send them fanfics or the shippy art, because that will fuck with relationships.

i know that on tumblr, it's rule of the wild in that if you're a celebrity on tumblr, you should probably blacklist your own name and not interact with anyone engaging in anything related to you. twitter and instagram are harder because both platforms require/prefer users to put their names and faces out on there, so it leads to fans being a lot closer in proximity to the actual people. i don't know how old every fan is, but i feel like a lot of them don't know rpf etiquette or even internet safety, and thus, these containment breaches happen. i just hope for the sanity of everyone involved, that celebrities are kept far away from the knowledge that rpf exists/rpf content, because it's going to be a very dicey situation that leaves no one smelling like a rose

but really, i need every single person involved in sports fandoms to see this post. that's the rule we MUST abide by, so that for everyone's collective sanity, no one gets hurt.

Hey can someone please explain me what's the thing with Redbull racing anf not reading the room and keep using shipnames in posts ?

Like it's trying to be trendy or what

Anyway if they keep knocking Satan's door it will eventually open