Gossies

Lollipop95 wrote: »

I do think people should leave it now. She's still getting abuse if you look at her Twitter. Rosemary got her apology and at the end of the day, that is the main thing. If anyone should be stepping up and taking responsibility/defending Grace even, it should be the owner of Goss.ie but from I've read, all they're doing is sending out bitchy tweets? If Grace considers the Goss.ie owner a friend then she should perhaps reconsider after this ****storm, letting her take all the flack. I agree that what Vogue said was worse but given that Grace has such a huge following and prior to this, Rosemary seemed to like her (leaving compliments on her insta) which is why I think Vogue has escaped most of the flack.
For the record, I never tweeted/facebooked any negativity to Grace, I just simply unfollowed her. Only place I vented my feelings was on here! I did send Rosemary a snapchat (as I reckon many others did) as it's not nice seeing anyone upset and she's 100% in my top 3 bloggers.
It's interesting how the top bloggers didn't attend, wonder what they think of this whole debacle?

I'd say the bigger ones have better things to be doing on a Saturday night than attending a nonsense event like the Gossies. Pippa for example opted to meet up with a few old friends instead. I think that demonstrates where the gossies are in her list of priorities. The bigger bloggers seem to be too busy to waste precious free time on it and who could blame them. It was like a local GAA diner dance and twice as messy. Seems to be safer for one's reputation not to go at all.

I think bloggers and their followers deserve each other. Thhis thread is a nest of poisonous vipers.

My girlfriend is a huge fan of some of these ladies so I've been lurking on this thread and feel the need to stick my oar in.

Whatever about my personal opinions on influencers, Snapchatters and people who spend an entire hour of their day watching snapchats...

I feel from a business perspective Goss.ie, Ali Ryan, Vogue Williams, Holly Carpenter (although after her Irish Indo "Dear Diary" attempt she took herself out) et al have shown themselves to be immature and unreliable.

Established businesses will avoid these people in the future as there is now a sizeable minority of informed customers who will react negatively to their involvement in advertising.

Most of all it would show a company that these "professionals" have no idea how to run a social media presence, are not good long term investments and have the potential to turn a brand toxic.

I feel the more successful bloggers stayed away because they possess a business nose which told them that the event, quite rightly, would not be a good thing.

Terri26 wrote: »

She does seem upset and it seems genuine. This should have happened hours ago as what was annoying people was the absolute silence from someone who appears to constantly snap all day. I said earlier I thought it was just a joke/gor caught out if hand but if she had said the above earlier it would it have gained this much attention. I do believe her comments were just trying to be funny!

She has form for tears on Snapchat when the **** hits the fan for her though. She needs to keep herself out of situations which lead to this outcome for her. It's getting difficult to have sympathy for her time and time again when it's her own doing.

I think this whole situation just proves the point that Rosemary was making in her post. The whole 'keeping up with the Joneses' attitude that has become a plague on social media (not just bloggers/influencers) and I do think from watching Grace's snaps, she does appear upset, (can't imagine how it felt like for Rosemary but here we are) and I think as she put it, she 'got caught up in the moment'.
In my opinion, I feel like Grace was just trying to be 'cool' just like the 'cool gang'. Her excuse was that she was trying to make a joke, but that's the issue. She made a peer the butt of her unfunny joke in order to 'keep up with the Joneses'

Personally, I thought her behaviour was appalling. I think she's just upset that she got caught out and that her following has turned against her. She's more upset that she was branded a bully and how it's the worst thing she could read about herself. She's upset for her, not for the person on butt end of her joke. That's just my personal opinion

SpillingTheTea wrote: »

I think this whole situation just proves the point that Rosemary was making in her post. The whole 'keeping up with the Joneses' attitude that has become a plague on social media (not just bloggers/influencers) and I do think from watching Grace's snaps, she does appear upset, (can't imagine how it felt like for Rosemary but here we are) and I think as she put it, she 'got caught up in the moment'.
In my opinion, I feel like Grace was just trying to be 'cool' just like the 'cool gang'. Her excuse was that she was trying to make a joke, but that's the issue. She made a peer the butt of her unfunny joke in order to 'keep up with the Joneses'

Personally, I thought her behaviour was appalling. I think she's just upset that she got caught out and that her following has turned against her. She's more upset that she was branded a bully and how it's the worst thing she could read about herself. She's upset for her, not for the person on butt end of her joke. That's just my personal opinion

+1
I feel ali from the gossies should say something....i bet she wishes it was handled way better than this.......and vogue williams should address it too!! After all she was presenter.

In fairness Grace has apologised to Rosemary and publically now, and Rosemary has accepted and said they are fine. Ali, Vogue and Holly should follow suit- there is no place in blogging/influencing for those mean girl tactics!

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sashafierce wrote: »

Hopefully a lesson to all bloggers and us regular folk to keep out of other peoples disagreements and allow people to have their opinions.

This should not have gone further than Rosemary and Ali. Marissa, Holly, Vogue, Grace and whatever other bloggers all got involved in what didn't concern them and look how it back fired. They got involved because they wanted to be seen on the "cool" side of the argument. Ain't looking so cool now are they...

Also, Pippa and SJ have greatly gone up in my estimation for not getting involved. Very professional

Same here, totally respect for the ones who stayed away now! I might even add SJ back again!

I'd say Marisa is kicking herself for sticking her oar in, considering how it's gone down since.
She came across as a bit of a egjit to be honest

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It was me who attended last night as a small time fish in an ocean of sharks!!!

The night was a shambles, only got dinner at 11pm, the goody bag was grand but certainly nothing to write home about. The money off vouchers are for dublin business so no good to me.

The setup was not made for mingling, so no contacts made but I do know now there is no way I am playing this game. I was horrified at some people's behaviour and the whole debacle you seen today.

Even though I paid for my ticket I may as well been invisible. Others who paid for their tickets were also left feeling the same.

I could go on and on!!

Keepingitreal wrote: »

It was me who attended last night as a small time fish in an ocean of sharks!!!

The night was a shambles, only got dinner at 11pm, the goody bag was grand but certainly nothing to write home about. The money off vouchers are for dublin business so no good to me.

The setup was not made for mingling, so no contacts made but I do know now there is no way I am playing this game. I was horrified at some people's behaviour and the whole debacle you seen today.

Even though I paid for my ticket I may as well been invisible. Others who paid for their tickets were also left feeling the same.

I could go on and on!!

Such a shame it didn't work out better for you but nothing ventured nothing gained.

Hope it doesn't put you off

Thanks guys. It won't put me off blogging by any means, a lot of what I do is for confidence building and improving social interaction so all worthwhile.

This whole saga to me has reflected so badly on Ali and her company. That being said, she couldn't have paid for the level of publicity she has received, good or bad, from all this.
The Gossies seems to be nothing but an ego massage for those who buy into it, and it is after highlighting the cliquey behaviour of bloggers who are creating so little quality content it is laughable.

I think those people like Doireann, who I love to follow, take it all with a pinch of salt and don't buy into it too much.
I feel sorry for smaller bloggers spending time outside of their paid jobs, putting content together, taking pictures, scheduling posts, because it's very disillusioning to see the blogger world descend into this.

With regards to Grace, I think the ironic part of her getting Influencer of the Year, besides the aforementioned reasons, which I fully agree with, is that fact that she was so easily influenced by the mean girls around her last night, and it seemed more important to be in with the crowd laughing and booing Rosemary than taking the higher ground and staying out of it. Her apology to me has only come in the wake of the negativity she has received today, she would not be apologising and crying had she not been so badly caught out in her behaviour.

I would what will happen when Gossies 2018 rolls around, who will be attending?..😂