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Today the official Toronto Maple Leafs twitter account unfollowed everyone it had been following except President Brendan Shanahan.
Of course, this being Maple Leafs fans, they are being calm and rational about the entire thing.
Why would this happen?
Well, there’s a new Digital Community Manager at the team and perhaps they wanted a fresh start for the account. Maybe they want the account to be functional, and not clog the feed with courtesy follows.
Or, maybe someone looked at their mentions:
@pat_racine14 @MapleLeafs They dropped to 1 because the fan base started raising hell. They never followed me. What bothers me is the disrespect to loyal fans.
— Buds All Day (@Buds_All_Day) April 28, 2017
Oh, the @MapleLeafs unfollowed me 😔💔 well, there goes 5 years of being followed by the only team in the world I love #Leafs #TMLtalk #sad
— Elio (@Canuck_Grump) April 28, 2017
@JCoIIier @MapleLeafs I love this team but hate the organization. Just another reminder that the organization would rather have suits than fans in the seats.
— Edward Hobolowski (@TheEdHobo) April 28, 2017
Just unfollowed @MapleLeafs. I need a drink
— Joanne Lyon (@Lyonaboot) April 28, 2017
@Lyonaboot @MapleLeafs Of what? Their tweets suck anyway. No relation to hockey ops whatsoever. Just a corrupt marketing team.
— Buds All Day (@Buds_All_Day) April 28, 2017
In light of those move, perhaps there’s something more sinister at work?Conspiracy theories are now popping up:
Remember: when two people follow each other you can DM those people. Can you just imagine what people were DMing them? This is a gift to the people who run the social accounts for the Maple Leafs. Not as big as blocking facebook comments, but a nice gift.
Some fans have organized their own protest.
#BlockParty for @MapleLeafs for unfollowing all of their fans. Who's on board? pic.twitter.com/rQnJzP41FO
— Buds All Day (@Buds_All_Day) April 28, 2017
I know why the Maple Leafs unfollowed everyone.
It’s pretty simple.
Twitter is full of idiots.
