Originally Posted by bbnutnut:
“If it was revealed that Scotty T had tried to chat up females with blue ticks on Twitter no one would bat an eyelid. Why is it so wrong for Stephanie to do the same with fellas she fancies?
I think it's wrong of her to two-time (I'm old so that word probably is too) her fella whilst in the house (although I do tend to think it may have been pre-planned with him) but the fact that she has chatted up other fellas when single is really no news at all and not something she needs to be ashamed of.
Why do people still insist on trying to make it something shameful that women enjoy sex and can fancy more than one fella in their lifetime?”
To be fair, Scotty T's 'claim to fame' is that he's promiscuous, so it wouldn't be odd if women were tweeting, claiming he'd tried it on with them. Stephanie is a different kettle of fish, given that she's supposedly in a committed relationship (she's actually living with her boyfriend). If she has been going around behind his back, 'coming on' to other men, then there is something wrong with that.
All that being said, I don't think tweets should be read out in the house. Apart from anything else, it's easy for someone to claim something that isn't true in a tweet, and if BB/Channel 5 allowed the tweets to be read out in the house, they could find themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit for slander (along with the person who wrote the tweet, obviously). Also, BB has enough ways to 'rock the house' without bringing social media stuff into play. It would just come across as unnecessarily cruel and pointless.