the take
one of us got a sudden flurry of notifications on Twitter that turned out to be people piling on, and someone even screenshotted a profile photo and reposted it with just "girl." the caption says she who shall not be named, so we'll leave it there. what we will say is that the fans move fast, and we'd give the experience zero stars. it's a very specific internet moment, when the notifications come in faster than you can read them. one screenshot, one word, point made. lesson learned: never underestimate a fandom.
this is the hosts' commentary and speculation for entertainment, not a statement of fact about anyone in it.
the backstory
Swifties is the name Taylor Swift's fans use for themselves. Dictionary.com notes that fans have used it since at least 2010, that Swift has known about it since at least 2012, and that her company trademarked "Swiftie" for commercial use in 2017. We don't say in the clip what started the pile-on, and we're keeping it that way.
where it's from
transcript
auto-transcribed from the clip audio. speakers aren't labeled and there may be small errors.
- 0:00What happened legitimately?
- 0:02Just immediately I started getting like a flurry, a flurry of notifications
- 0:08on like Twitter on friends of people legitimately bullying me.
- 0:13Someone took a screenshot of my profile photo, reposted it and just went girl.
- 0:21Oh, the Swifties are the shock troops of are bad for the brand.
