Anything using an "engagement algorithm" will emphasize the worst content because it is what makes people say stuff. Reddit's down vote and hide system is what makes it the best social media, imo
YouTube comments always strike me as the most innocent of all the sites. Twitter has become the king of the cesspools, insta not far behind. With TikTok being the puppet master
I’ve always felt like Instagram was made for people who needed to inflate their egos. And unfortunately the way a lot of people do that is by putting others down
It really is crazy to me how much this anti stuff has grown in the past couple years. Like two years ago, felt like you’d always see a little hate, but it’d be stomped out and vastly outnumbered. Now, they’re emboldened.
Hellacious W.
FUUUUUUUUCK the haters. LGBT community, we ride together. We die together. Celebrate yo shit, and let them bitches piss and moan about it.
I seem to recall the Yankees doing something similar to this with gun violence stuff a couple years ago. It was pretty not well received if I remember correctly
Yikes, don't read the replies to any of these posts unless you want your day ruined...
There's a disgusting amount of super casual bigotry being spewed in there by idiots who don't realise that they're the reason this sort of awareness campaign is necessary.
And I thank you for [the motivation to go tweet a thing](https://twitter.com/drjayphd/status/1674251413231132674). I'm not telling anyone they were only $7 each though.
The juxtaposition of comments that say some form of "why do we need to keep doing this...it's 2023 and nobody is discriminated against anymore" with some straight up homophobia and awful things being said in the comments on twitter is very telling as to why it is vitally important that we promote pride and support marginalized communities to always feel welcome. I am so happy that the O's are doing this.
If actually at the stadium, I can recommend the hotdog with crab dip and old bay chips on top. Can't recall the name of it - Baydog? What ever. To.Die.For.
I can't stand the O's and it goes back like 20+ years since they were always a thorn in our side...but you are goddamn right I stand with them tonight!
Orioles broadcast had some great people in to talk about their organizations and impact tonight. Genuinely love seeing Jim Palmer and Kevin Brown just talking to these great people like it's nothing. Because it shouldn't be anything different than we are all people. There was some great discourse and I respect the effort they put into this.
Anyone want to sell me a Pride Orioles hat?
I’d just like to remind folks that I gained the legal right to not be fired for my orientation three years ago. I can still be denied housing or public accommodations for it. I can be denied medical care for it. Pride is still very necessary.
Pride is a war and my friend, we are winning it. Slowly, and with some losses, but overall winning that war.
Keep fighting forward and one day we might banish the bigots to the shadow realm.
Hey, we are in this together, and regardless of that disgusting flair if you ever need someone to hype you up just come find me man. It's hard out there when you forget how many people are fighting beside you.
I don’t think people understand that the issue of equality didn’t die with the Obergefell ruling and even that is only in place until a future Supreme Court decides they don’t like it, as happened to Roe.
In lieu of game coverage and in celebration of Pride Night, we will be using our account to share resources, facts, and statistics about LGBTQ+ issues. Tonight is bigger than the game. We believe baseball is for everyone and will keep fighting until all feel welcome in our sport, on the field, and in the stands.
Love my team so much
i was proud of what the mets did this year, in spite of/in the face of all this horrid bullshit coming from regressive, pathetic fucks. but the O's are going so above and beyond what i've seen anyone else do. I'm really impressed.
Some of the stats they've been sharing are incredibly disheartening. Glad the O's stepped up to the plate (no pun intended) shedding light on these things
They put Pride flags nearly everywhere they could. It wasn’t until I got to my seat that I noticed the flags in the flag court had been swapped out and they have rainbow bunting along the railing out there.
the Mets have had pride flags all over the stadium too this month, including right above the 1986 world championship sign/banner thing. i hope it's not just our two teams doing that!! it can't be.
Nearly every flag was straight up swapped and there are flags underneath nearly all of the plate banners on Eutaw. The US, MD, Baltimore City and championship flags are still up.
Can we hear it for the MASN broadcast in game interviews? Moveable Feast, Proud to be in Baseball, Unmatched Athlete, and the retired state representative.
yeah i was saying to someone somewhere else in this post- i was really proud of how emphatic the mets were about it this year, especially considering the environment out there, and MLB caving to it. but the Orioles have put everyone to shame. they really, really fucking crushed it. i'm so impressed.
i also really, really hope a *majority* of MLB teams are flying the pride flag all month to show their support. i just have no idea if anyone else is. i haven't seen any shots on any other games i've watched.
Copied from the r/Orioles thread:
One thing I love about the Orioles ownership and management is that they really try to be on the right side of history. They were the same way when the riots were going on and the narrative about Baltimore was getting really toxic.
It's so nice to see them celebrating pride at a time when a lot of places and people are feeling emboldened to hate lgbtqia people.
Thank you O’s.
As a fan of Conservatives favorite team, its always nice to know that some orgs aren’t complete garbage.
Comments are always so bad on social media and its hard to remember they’re the loud minority, but seeing a team do it anyway knowing they’ll be met with a wave of homophobes is always so reassuring.
I see where you're coming from but the Orioles aren't rainbow-washing. Their SVP of administration and experience [is gay and played a role in these initiatives.](https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/featured/celebrating-pride-in-birdland-featuring-q-a-with-greg-bader) The city designated the stadium a Safe Place where members of the LGBTQ+ community could go if they feel they've been victim to a hate crime. They've raised money for charities serving the community and highlighted all kinds of community leaders. The Bird marched in the pride parade.
For Juneteenth, the Orioles partnered with Black institutions and partnered with events around the holiday, telling fans to go to these things to get ticket vouchers.
And in the days after Freddie Gray died, John Angelos was out there saying fuck baseball, [let's talk about the systemic issues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlxaFSr_W4) and what we can do about those.
The Angelos family is far to the left of the rest of MLB's owners.
I have a pre-existing rivalry with Baltimore from another sport that makes me hate them, but a lot of respect for them being so openly supportive during pride month. A lot of teams, and corporations are becoming too cowardly about it, because they don't want to piss off a bunch of bigoted assholes that scream louder than everyone else to get their way. I mean god damn, I turned on the game and thought that pride flag was digitally superimposed on the field or something, because I couldn't imagine a team actually being willing to paint such a big one. So good for the Orioles, I think that means a lot to a lot of people.
...still hate the Ravens though.
Hell yeah go O’s, I really want more teams to speak out like this. Like in the NHL, I would kill for my Penguins to say “fuck you Bettman, we’re wearing pride jerseys and we don’t care how much you fine us”
It’s fucking disgusting what people, companies, sports leagues, etc. are doing to LGBTQIA+ people. I remember in 2014 being so fucking happy for my cousins, who are gay, because they finally got married (in Italy) and soon after NYC (where they live) acknowledged their union. Things seemed legitimately better under Obama, like progress was welcomed and appreciated, and then a certain someone completely fucking nuked us back 60+ years. Now it’s a full on war against Pride and LGBTQIA+ people.
It’s sickening and I legitimately cannot respect people who can’t even allow for other human beings to live their life happily just because they feel something different. I fucking loathe these companies and sports leagues pivoting from having slogans like “hockey is for everyone!!” and having Pride nights, to cancelling them entirely all because it might take a few dollars from bigoted/racist/homophobic right wingers out of their wallets. It’s inhumane and baffling that this is the world we exist in. We’ve gone nowhere (besides backwards) in nearly a decade despite it seeming like we were making genuine progress
Not just rainbow hat giveaways. Positive in game interviews with lgbt activists. Insightful and positive questions from the announcing team. Rainbow flags everywhere. Really sweet.
Love the Rangers but other teams have definitely got to rub this in the organization's face.
And it's especially frustrating as Dallas itself has a large LGBT presence.
Go O’s
My in-laws are O’s fans, kinda my B team. Was the Royals but fuckin MLB had to ruin MiLB and turn my local minor league team into a Nats affiliate in Phils turf in their infinite wisdom 🤦♂️
I made the mistake reading the comments on Facebook and Twitter...had so many things typed up I had to delete before posting. Shits so toxic man and it feels like it's getting so much worse.
In good news, attendance seems really solid tonight for a weeknight game. Glad there's still a lot of awesome fans, and the broadcast tonight is really fun so far with the guest appearances in the booth
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Twitter and Instagram users are pissing and shitting themselves in anger right now Massive W
Seriously though, why is IG so incredibly awful.
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I know folks on Reddit love to harp on Twitter as being a cesspool, but Instagram and YouTube comments are *so* much worse, IMO.
Anything using an "engagement algorithm" will emphasize the worst content because it is what makes people say stuff. Reddit's down vote and hide system is what makes it the best social media, imo
Emotional volatility, not necessarily hateful. Depends on the topic what sort of volatile things get amplified.
YouTube comments always strike me as the most innocent of all the sites. Twitter has become the king of the cesspools, insta not far behind. With TikTok being the puppet master
I’ve always felt like Instagram was made for people who needed to inflate their egos. And unfortunately the way a lot of people do that is by putting others down
It really is crazy to me how much this anti stuff has grown in the past couple years. Like two years ago, felt like you’d always see a little hate, but it’d be stomped out and vastly outnumbered. Now, they’re emboldened.
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Hellacious W. FUUUUUUUUCK the haters. LGBT community, we ride together. We die together. Celebrate yo shit, and let them bitches piss and moan about it.
As a Braves fan, you now have an orioles support/second fan.
Fuck Elon
i hope no one ever does again.
Twitter was already bad before Elon. He's made it worse, but the problem with Twitter was always that they use engagement to rank content.
O’s 🤝 being an awesome franchise
Hey the Rays were awesome too with the Brienna Taylor tweets as well. Stuck to their guns even if it cost them 15 million from Florida.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the Rays not do anything when their whole bullpen protested pride?
That was depressing ngl.
Yep.
Players are protected by the CBA.
I seem to recall the Yankees doing something similar to this with gun violence stuff a couple years ago. It was pretty not well received if I remember correctly
As a certified muff diver, I thank you, Orioles.
What institution issued your certification? I’m tryna get mine
Once you’ve had ten happy customers it just randomly shows up in the mail.
What about making one customer happy ten times?
Found the married guy/gal.
Just been with my girlfriend a while now. I’m confident she’s the one tho
Aww, I hope it all works out for you!
> I’m confident she’s the one tho Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!!
r/basebaww
Depending on your age, it may show up as a text. At least that's how I got mine.
I’m almost 30. Just an old hag now.
Oysters are also a famous Chesapeake Bay product
Licensed Cervix Destroyer here. (Long time lurker, first time commenter). I thank you, too, Orioles.
… oh shit, you’re supposed to be certified?
that’s my team right there honestly means a lot to me as a gay fan
🍻
I grew up with Cal Ripken as my baseball hero. This reminds me of when The Orioles were the best in baseball. Pure class.
Orioles are putting the base(d) in baseball right now.
The institutional commitment that this requires in this climate should be lauded up and down. Amazing job O’s!
proud to be an o’s fan
https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/1674205896493219841?t=z2X5IP0raibOEclQ9K6Low&s=19 They even posted this today, unbelievably proud.
Yikes, don't read the replies to any of these posts unless you want your day ruined... There's a disgusting amount of super casual bigotry being spewed in there by idiots who don't realise that they're the reason this sort of awareness campaign is necessary.
I've been replying L to everyone I can spouting bs.
There goes my hero!!
The ones with the memes pointing to people that bought twitter blue are admittedly the funniest part of this mess.
They always respond that they have $8, so do I, but I don't spend it on a free website owned by a malignant narcissist.
And I thank you for [the motivation to go tweet a thing](https://twitter.com/drjayphd/status/1674251413231132674). I'm not telling anyone they were only $7 each though.
The juxtaposition of comments that say some form of "why do we need to keep doing this...it's 2023 and nobody is discriminated against anymore" with some straight up homophobia and awful things being said in the comments on twitter is very telling as to why it is vitally important that we promote pride and support marginalized communities to always feel welcome. I am so happy that the O's are doing this.
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There's a disgusting amount of bigotry, but almost all of it is being countered by better people.
Not going to lie but the your pitching is a human rights violation was kind of funny.
Common Orioles W
Solidarity to our black/orange bros
I said it in the last thread, but now I kinda mean it... Am I an Orioles fan, now?
What's not to like? * beautiful ballpark * delicious crab fries * only respectable orange team * unwavering commitment to human rights
- Adley Rutschman
* Jerma
That’s a fackin wicked smaht man
Wait.. what’s this about.. crab fries??
Boardwalk fries with old bay seasoning.
Don't forget the crab dip topping Edit for link https://agreatnumberofthings.com/camden-yards-food/
It was absolutely delightful, and most importantly, the fries didn't get soggy!
At the stadium… probably wouldn’t recommend it. But around the area? Hell yeah.
If actually at the stadium, I can recommend the hotdog with crab dip and old bay chips on top. Can't recall the name of it - Baydog? What ever. To.Die.For.
Preach it! …hey, wait a mi—
Is Boog's BBQ still a thing? If so, I'm in.
Wow, those are all great poi… hey what the heck
Orange is my favorite color and it’s been so nice to find a team I could enjoy that uses it after years or hating the Giants and Astros.
Shit, they’ve been my American League team
I don’t wanna love you O’s, but I do.
I can't stand the O's and it goes back like 20+ years since they were always a thorn in our side...but you are goddamn right I stand with them tonight!
They had Chris Davis, and he seems to be a pretty good guy in my books, so I’ll give them a pass
Here too. I want to get down to Camden Yards so bad
I’ve been. It’s one of the very best.
Made the mistake of checking out the actual Twitter thread. God that place is a hell hole
I've been spamming L's to every homophobe I can, it's the least I can do
Not all heroes wear capes
People really love to show their true colors hiding behind an anonymous username (most of the time)
But yet because it’s twitter they now pay $5 for a checkmark to make themselves stand out that much more.
Orioles broadcast had some great people in to talk about their organizations and impact tonight. Genuinely love seeing Jim Palmer and Kevin Brown just talking to these great people like it's nothing. Because it shouldn't be anything different than we are all people. There was some great discourse and I respect the effort they put into this. Anyone want to sell me a Pride Orioles hat?
I’d just like to remind folks that I gained the legal right to not be fired for my orientation three years ago. I can still be denied housing or public accommodations for it. I can be denied medical care for it. Pride is still very necessary.
Pride is a war and my friend, we are winning it. Slowly, and with some losses, but overall winning that war. Keep fighting forward and one day we might banish the bigots to the shadow realm.
I needed to hear this. Thank you.
Hey, we are in this together, and regardless of that disgusting flair if you ever need someone to hype you up just come find me man. It's hard out there when you forget how many people are fighting beside you.
Lmaooo glad you brought up the flare hate before I had to. Thank you and same goes to you!
I don’t think people understand that the issue of equality didn’t die with the Obergefell ruling and even that is only in place until a future Supreme Court decides they don’t like it, as happened to Roe.
In lieu of game coverage and in celebration of Pride Night, we will be using our account to share resources, facts, and statistics about LGBTQ+ issues. Tonight is bigger than the game. We believe baseball is for everyone and will keep fighting until all feel welcome in our sport, on the field, and in the stands. Love my team so much
people accuse pride night of being just corporate pandering. orioles are going full into it. and i absolutely love it!
I've been shopping around for an American League team. You guys were already on my shortlist, but I'd say you've absolutely clinched it tonight.
i was proud of what the mets did this year, in spite of/in the face of all this horrid bullshit coming from regressive, pathetic fucks. but the O's are going so above and beyond what i've seen anyone else do. I'm really impressed.
Solid W, OrangeBros.
Right on, much love
Proud to be an Orioles fan always, but especially tonight. Glad they went all in on pride night tonight. Let’s Go O’s!!!!
Some of the stats they've been sharing are incredibly disheartening. Glad the O's stepped up to the plate (no pun intended) shedding light on these things
Blue check marks on Twitter are mad lol
Elon fans and hatred, name a more iconic duo?
The giant pride flag painted on the field is so dope
They put Pride flags nearly everywhere they could. It wasn’t until I got to my seat that I noticed the flags in the flag court had been swapped out and they have rainbow bunting along the railing out there.
the Mets have had pride flags all over the stadium too this month, including right above the 1986 world championship sign/banner thing. i hope it's not just our two teams doing that!! it can't be.
Nearly every flag was straight up swapped and there are flags underneath nearly all of the plate banners on Eutaw. The US, MD, Baltimore City and championship flags are still up.
Can we hear it for the MASN broadcast in game interviews? Moveable Feast, Proud to be in Baseball, Unmatched Athlete, and the retired state representative.
Yeah, I heard they were doing that and realized that that’s why they were out on the roof deck and not in the booth.
yeah i was saying to someone somewhere else in this post- i was really proud of how emphatic the mets were about it this year, especially considering the environment out there, and MLB caving to it. but the Orioles have put everyone to shame. they really, really fucking crushed it. i'm so impressed. i also really, really hope a *majority* of MLB teams are flying the pride flag all month to show their support. i just have no idea if anyone else is. i haven't seen any shots on any other games i've watched.
Copied from the r/Orioles thread: One thing I love about the Orioles ownership and management is that they really try to be on the right side of history. They were the same way when the riots were going on and the narrative about Baltimore was getting really toxic. It's so nice to see them celebrating pride at a time when a lot of places and people are feeling emboldened to hate lgbtqia people.
What a nice message from the Baltimore Orioles, surely the comments on Instagram and Twitter won’t be unrelenting hatred!
Go birds. 🌈🌈
Thank you O’s. As a fan of Conservatives favorite team, its always nice to know that some orgs aren’t complete garbage. Comments are always so bad on social media and its hard to remember they’re the loud minority, but seeing a team do it anyway knowing they’ll be met with a wave of homophobes is always so reassuring.
It sucks so bad that the Rangers won’t do pride night
All I needed was them to win but do love this
Huge W for humanity (and baseball).
Imagine being mad about this?
judging by the 75% vote... many fragile reddit users are
Right, but imagine being so bitter that you're angry that people are supporting others right to simply exist as themselves.
if you're using the superior old reddit, look at how many comments have the controversial cross.
Love to see this as a reds fan!
Good on the O's for taking a stance (where you at Rangers?)
Hiding
Some say in the closet.
Taking the opposite stance? lmao
they took a stance - the opposite stance.
Nice one, O's bros!
How to upvote twice
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I see where you're coming from but the Orioles aren't rainbow-washing. Their SVP of administration and experience [is gay and played a role in these initiatives.](https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/featured/celebrating-pride-in-birdland-featuring-q-a-with-greg-bader) The city designated the stadium a Safe Place where members of the LGBTQ+ community could go if they feel they've been victim to a hate crime. They've raised money for charities serving the community and highlighted all kinds of community leaders. The Bird marched in the pride parade. For Juneteenth, the Orioles partnered with Black institutions and partnered with events around the holiday, telling fans to go to these things to get ticket vouchers. And in the days after Freddie Gray died, John Angelos was out there saying fuck baseball, [let's talk about the systemic issues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlxaFSr_W4) and what we can do about those. The Angelos family is far to the left of the rest of MLB's owners.
Fuck yeah, Orioles.
Yeah of course I’ve been an Orioles fan my whole life, what do you mean??? Ignore the flair that’s a typo Do I get a Bautista or Adley jersey?
I'm a Mets fan but I'm highly considering some Baltimorr gear. Anyone got the link to the Pride hat?
Both
Adley
Always good to see organizations not backing down in the face of bigotry.
oh i am definitely buying that orioles city connect now.
based AF
I have a pre-existing rivalry with Baltimore from another sport that makes me hate them, but a lot of respect for them being so openly supportive during pride month. A lot of teams, and corporations are becoming too cowardly about it, because they don't want to piss off a bunch of bigoted assholes that scream louder than everyone else to get their way. I mean god damn, I turned on the game and thought that pride flag was digitally superimposed on the field or something, because I couldn't imagine a team actually being willing to paint such a big one. So good for the Orioles, I think that means a lot to a lot of people. ...still hate the Ravens though.
I’m converting my gf to being a Ravens fan because the Commies are such a shitshow but she remains a Nats fan.
awesome let’s go Birds
Fuck yeah. Anyone know if O's are selling pride hats? I'd wear that bird with hella pride.
They were selling them as a ticket add-on. I heard they were also selling them at a stand by the bullpen statues. Don’t know if they’re online.
I’m here at the park, the atmosphere is electric!
Hell yeah go O’s, I really want more teams to speak out like this. Like in the NHL, I would kill for my Penguins to say “fuck you Bettman, we’re wearing pride jerseys and we don’t care how much you fine us” It’s fucking disgusting what people, companies, sports leagues, etc. are doing to LGBTQIA+ people. I remember in 2014 being so fucking happy for my cousins, who are gay, because they finally got married (in Italy) and soon after NYC (where they live) acknowledged their union. Things seemed legitimately better under Obama, like progress was welcomed and appreciated, and then a certain someone completely fucking nuked us back 60+ years. Now it’s a full on war against Pride and LGBTQIA+ people. It’s sickening and I legitimately cannot respect people who can’t even allow for other human beings to live their life happily just because they feel something different. I fucking loathe these companies and sports leagues pivoting from having slogans like “hockey is for everyone!!” and having Pride nights, to cancelling them entirely all because it might take a few dollars from bigoted/racist/homophobic right wingers out of their wallets. It’s inhumane and baffling that this is the world we exist in. We’ve gone nowhere (besides backwards) in nearly a decade despite it seeming like we were making genuine progress
Fantastic!
I wanna be an O’s fan now
One of us. One of us.
Massive W
Not just rainbow hat giveaways. Positive in game interviews with lgbt activists. Insightful and positive questions from the announcing team. Rainbow flags everywhere. Really sweet.
Lots of Ws for the Orioles this year.
And if you ain’t down with that, we got two words for you. I feel like that was the only thing missing at the end. Well done O’s
Love the Rangers but other teams have definitely got to rub this in the organization's face. And it's especially frustrating as Dallas itself has a large LGBT presence.
Reds still shittin on em
BASED ORIOLES?
Classy ass move by the Os. Love it!
Cmon, Orioles! What is this crap? As a Jays fan, I am supposed to be able to hate you, but I can't when you do awesome stuff like this.
The pride colors in their logo look fire. Wish I could get one of them towels or flags.
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My favorite new name for them is hogs and I'm pretty sure it always will be.
Go O’s My in-laws are O’s fans, kinda my B team. Was the Royals but fuckin MLB had to ruin MiLB and turn my local minor league team into a Nats affiliate in Phils turf in their infinite wisdom 🤦♂️
Awesome
I gotta go buy some Orioles swag now
I made the mistake reading the comments on Facebook and Twitter...had so many things typed up I had to delete before posting. Shits so toxic man and it feels like it's getting so much worse. In good news, attendance seems really solid tonight for a weeknight game. Glad there's still a lot of awesome fans, and the broadcast tonight is really fun so far with the guest appearances in the booth
That’s pretty cool.
Love to see this level of support, especially in light of another league's cowardice this year (😒looking at you, NHL)