Halfway through writing this, Anna published her newsletter and what do you know, it's about the same topic.
And what a strange topic it is, evidenced by her subject line: "The Trolls are Coming! Becoming an Anti-Feminist Punching Bag "
So, I started gaining an inordinate number of followers on my personal Instagram and X accounts this week.
I assumed it was just bots or some bug.
But I started to receive a healthy amount of comments, replies and messages as well. All asking whether I won my match against Anna Bright .
Anna Bright Agrees to ‘Humble’ The Dink’s Thomas Shields in Singles Match After Trash Talk Escalates
“We’re doing it, I’m bored and humbling men is my favorite pastime.” – World #2 women’s pickleball player Anna Bright.
The Dink Pickleball Alex E. Weaver
People were even approaching me in the real world. Either wishing me luck or asking how it went. Pretty cool.
I chalked it up to good marketing and a solid storyline (which to be fair, it is).
But then Anna texted me:
"People are trolling me so hard saying I lost to you. I really don’t get it 😂. I do so many trollable things but they are so latched onto this."
Around the same time our contributor and PicklePod co-host, Nico the Lefty, sent this:
The Dink, Nico, Anna and I were receiving tons of messages and comments, even on unrelated posts, asking if "Thomas won," or where and when they could watch the match.
HAHAHA @NicoTheLefty I’ve genuinely been so confused he rly turned the dogs loose on ... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/i-accidentally-caused-the-internet-to-attack-anna-bright-blog/
