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• They were all told to stop it today. So obvious from some schools. -- About Time, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 1:23:42"
  • Won't make any difference. If they weren't already, (some not all) teachers would have sent friends requests to all AD's as soon as the list came out, now bff's they will me messaging and sharing photos privately. Don't for a minute thing that this does not go on. (NT) -- No name, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 7:53:26"

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• The rules don’t mater -- Dancer, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 8:15:26"
  • Unfortunately the semi circle shaped skirts are legal, however if adjudicators have any grey matter between their ears surely they’ll realise the skirt is designed to hide the obvious flaw of erratic hands?? It’s a pity the flaws can be hidden so easily. (NT) -- Sash, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 17:39:44"

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• Schools may have been told to stop but it doesn’t stop Irish dance pages that aren’t linked to schools. One in particular have been posting videos the past week of different kids from different schools. The rule doesn’t work when stuff like this can happen. (NT) -- Impossible to control, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 9:50:00"
  • Maybe because of requiring thousands of dancers, parents, teachers and schools from posting... (NT) -- They should ban the 15 or so judges from looking at social media the week before., Tue, Sep 19 2023, 13:39:28"
    • How could you enforce that though? (NT) -- SB, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 16:30:20"

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• Plus when they include the results, e.g. “Perfect Score”, 🙄 on one post, however on the post the previous week there’s absolute radio silence on acknowledging the dancer’s placing as they were well & truly beaten. Poor sportsmanship personified (NT) -- IDD, Tue, Sep 19 2023, 16:29:18"

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• They should be more concerned with cheating judges than social media posts (NT) -- DM, Wed, Sep 20 2023, 10:39:29"
  • But the social media posts are collateral to the cheating! "Promotion" i.e. get my dancer and their costime out there for all the World to see. It's a surreptitious way to have the dancer in everyone's face, specifically when the "throwback" posts are shared ad nauseum (NT) -- Tired, Sun, Sep 24 2023, 13:34:19"

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• I don’t get the problem with promotion on social media, usually the ones who complain don’t have the results to promote so it’s a jealousy thing. Judges are not goi g to be scrolling through posts if they want to pull favours they will just message the TC the way they always have. Nothing there has changed. (NT) -- DM, Wed, Sep 20 2023, 10:46:02"

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• I don't see an issue with social media posts, I'd rather that than teachers who encourage dancing agressively on stage with poor stage etiquette, as witnessed last weekend at QLD feis. One school in particular smiling assasins, big smiles but nearly knock you off the stage when dancing. Get yourself a good dentist if on stage with them cos they're likely to knock your teeth out! I hope next time adjudicators ring the bell or mark them down for their behaviour. Plenty room on stage for two dancers, no need for the bullying strategy. (NT) -- DM, Thu, Sep 21 2023, 10:37:42"

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• Perhaps you don’t see an issue with social media promotion because a)you are the teacher doing the promoting or b)it is your child being promoted. By all means, achievements are to be celebrated. However, posting in such volume with countless collages of reaction photos, reaction videos, presentation photos, action shots etc. is not intending to merely ‘celebrate’. Smiling assassins, except for when you don’t win. Then results are buried. But then again, that is what conveniently timed throwback posts are for! (NT) -- Those ‘complaining’ about this blatant promotion often do have the results to promote but choose not to because they see the value in humble #champion., Thu, Sep 21 2023, 11:55:44"
  • I am neither a teacher nor is my child promoted on social media by me or her teacher. I simply don’t have a problem with it as it doesn’t affect me or my child, I just scroll on. Barging into my child and dancing aggressively on stage however does affect my child and all the dancers who have to share a space with them. It’s poor etiquette, bullying and dangerous. (NT) -- DM, Sat, Sep 23 2023, 18:13:01"
    • But this is the misconception, it does affect your child. If a child that was going to place behind your child gets extra points from back hand deals, your child does not place as well, does not qualify for Worlds or even get a recall because other dancers are being bumped up as favours. (NT) -- Affects all, Sun, Sep 24 2023, 7:22:28"
    • You may scroll on, but others don't. In context, barging has nothing to do with the premise of the original post. Barging is a terrible tactic and hopefully at the time, judges see it for what it is and mark accordingly, however social media posts are a completely different beast – posted for longevity and with the purpose to give judges an unconscious bias, rather than neutrality. (NT) -- Cheating plain and simple, Sun, Sep 24 2023, 13:48:10"