[Garfie]

Originally Posted by Maru

The irony about celebrities is that they can be like a moth to flame. Give them the right tools and incentives and they may set themselves on fire for entertainment. Often these are fragile people in connection to their character whom are most pulled in by pursuit of seeking validation. That could be why some act out in the house in the first place is to get to that attention. Still, it can still be a rude awakening, no matter how that person may seem.

So people with the worst habits go for these platforms often for the immediate returns it can offer in character judgements. I have had my share of those cruel encounters in my very early past just being young, and outside of safety concerns, I think we tend to give what is said online far too much weight (especially in smaller scales) as it is a distorted way of dissecting experiences in real time.

It's also too irresistable to people with a particular personality set that if they read one thing, they must read it all... very bad idea, especially as there are also addicted individuals on the other end that happily feed off the same feedback loop. That's why it won't stop as soon as it starts. We haven't done a a good job at identifying those people early enough on to catch it before the habits start forming. So we haven't adjusted yet. Instead, people often sit by and watch it all burn like cheap entertainment. Society still thinks this is perfectly normal.

Maybe it is a very wise move she stopped it before it could spiral, at least on her end. I'll have a different opinion maybe once I catch up on the show.

I understand your points here, Maru, but in my view, we mustn’t forget self-responsibility. I have to pose the question should it really be the responsibility of the rest of society to protect or mollycoddle those who have a large but fragile ego and who constantly seek out attention?

We also have to ask if it is their mental health or, in fact, their ego that is affected.

There are millions of truly vulnerable people in this world, and I wouldn’t hesitate to help, support or protect them.

However, I think as a viewer of BB and other reality shows, I’d feel a bit of a hypocrite if I criticised the shows and the producers, when part of the reason we all watch them is for the drama, and when we know their premise is very much based on popularity and judgement of individuals.

My final point would be that we have to guard against immediately jumping down a mental health diagnosis and condemnation of the show, when we do not know that to be the case. It seems that is the route people can go down far too quickly and easily these days, and part of me feels this devalues those people truly suffering from mental health issues.