Social media is an interesting platform and development in our lifetime. Before the advent of the internet, when you wanted to find information, you had to go to a library or a university professor versed in the appropriate subject. Now, when I want to find out the name of that cat island in Japan, the information is right at my fingertips. (It’s Tashirojima, by the way.)
Social media, like any other media, can also be used to spin stories. For instance, at this year’s Ultra, deadmau5 & Marshmello tell two conflicting tales. At the time, Marshmello tweeted this:
I tried saying hi to @deadmau5 at @ultra because I think he is one of the greats but he just flipped me off and walked away lol 💁🏻
— marshmello (@marshmellomusic) March 21, 2016
Now, that would have been the end of it if not for the Great Deadmau5 Tweets Of 2016. In the middle of his acrostic rampage across EDM, deadmau5 also dropped some history.
fucking last ultra i went to i had that marshmellow dickhead following me around with a buncha cameras trying to get a rise outta me.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 5, 2016
for real… full costume and everything, walking around the dressing room yacht… i just flipped em off and hid somewhere else.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 5, 2016
then he immediatley proceeds to his twitter to tell everyone i flipped him off. Maybe act like a normal human fucking being. i dont know.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) May 5, 2016
Now you see how there can be two completely separate sides to a story. Marshmello actually saw these and responded with his own side of things.
@deadmau5 I didn't follow you around at ultra. I saw you one time and tried to say hello as I will always respect you as the artist you are
— marshmello (@marshmellomusic) May 6, 2016
Buncha cameras? I was about to head to my stage to play my set and my camera guy was w me when I saw you pic.twitter.com/vrGXDntzWH
— marshmello (@marshmellomusic) May 6, 2016
Because that's what a normal person does when someone says hello right? Lol @deadmau5 again I was omw to play my set pic.twitter.com/URJROOeEtR
— marshmello (@marshmellomusic) May 6, 2016
Im actually flattered that @deadmau5 feels some type of way about me. Just want to give him a big hug and tell him to keep it mello 👬
— marshmello (@marshmellomusic) May 6, 2016
To be clear, we’re not saying that anyone is at fault in this situation, nor is this a situation wherein anyone could realistically place “fault” on any person – nothing was really “done.” But it’s at least curious to see how two completely different sides to a story can come about.
Maybe Marshmello is right in the end, though. I think we’d all like to just give Joel a hug.
