Nick Viall - Bachelorette 10 - 11 - Discussion #8

Mindless ... good point ... so let's see (the dates might be wrong b/c of the timezone):
Nick's IG

Shirtless SELFIE:
9/5 (running)
7/25 (by the pool - ATFR)
2014 8/14 (cancer awareness pic)

Shirtless photo taken by someone else:
8/27 (Hollywood sign)
6/20 (family weekend - workout)
3/25 (beach, with friends)
2014 7/27 (pool side, ATFR)
2014 7/24 (b&w pic that many hoped was SH pic)
2013 5/14 2x (beach (volley win) with friends)
2013 5/6  2x (holiday with friends)

Shirtless photo posted as a model/photoshoot:
9/2
8/6
7/13
7/4
7/2

Photo as a model/photoshoot - dressed:
9/4
9/1
8/30
8/29
8/28
8/24
8/22
8/21 2x
8/20
8/17 2x
8/15
8/8
7/28 2x (ATFR)
6/29
6/22
5/30
5/29 2x

ML, Apples and Oranges. If you recall it was upon the request of 
a caller for all the guys to pull off their shirts. Dan C, Brooks and
Danny. In which they all obliged.  
Done in jest.

No one here is bashing Brooks all have said that he looks good and and is a great guy. The point is that he and other contestants have posted shirtless pics. but when Nick post them he loves looking at himself.

Thanks happy! I love some fact based argument.

Half the stuff that most of these franchise people do I would never do. Like post selfies or talk about what you had to drink last night. Forget about shirtless pics for a moment. IMO all of them post on SM for some kind of attention or for their fans. Calculated or not. Nick just doesn't care and will probably continue to keep posting those pics. It's his life and he's just living it.

To be general to start off, I have never been annoyed or had an issue with ANYONE posting shirtless/bikini photos of themselves whatever the reason for it may be(exercise, modeling, having fun at the beach, before/after comparisons, etc). I myself would not be comfortable doing it but that is more a shy/insecure glitch in my head. I say if people are proud of their bodies and are comfortable enough to display them whether shirtless, bikini, etc I say good for them. I do definitely think many just don't like Nick so him posting a shirtless pic is another way for them to nitpick at him and convince the world he is an evil douche all the while justifying why it is/was ok in their minds for others who post shirtless pics to do so and why it isn't wrong for them to do while it is for Nick. JMO of course but if having like 12 shirtless pics on SM over the course of 3 years/300 posts is the worst people can come up with to use as evidence of Nick being a douche, I feel pretty good about Nick as a human being.

It's the talk and continuous pointing at Nick with a negative remark that he's an attention seeker, a fame***** and a manipulator ... that often triggers biggest response:

because everyone who ever went and will go on TB (doesn't matter the role they play) is the attention seeker ... every single one of them ... the most innocent girl ...the nicest guy ... the most crazy ***** ... and the biggest ***** ... and the list (of characters) continues.
I'm sure nobody would mind "the fame" either, if with it would come the perks, with no negative side-effects.

Being a fame-***** I assume comes from the belief, that a person is selling himself for the fame, presuming only for the money and a big ego, having the name plastered in the media, with no other motives, no "noble intentions" and no "higher purpose".

... that's something yet to be seen to be judged, since most people don't know Nick's intentions or aspirations, desires or motives ...

and still ... they say he is a manipulator with a conviction ... and maybe he is or maybe he is a normal dude, who uses his brains, thinks what his actions could cause, weights the options, chooses the best method or strategy and goes into action to achieve the wanted result.

I think we all do it pretty much on a daily basis ... so it's not like Nick is something special or smarter or more capable than us, right?
Oh well, I forgot there are those who live day by day with no purpose and plan, sunshine and rainbows.

I guess I'm more curious to see where this all leads to, to find out about Nick's plans and what he's going to do with all this attention he's accumulating over SM. I'm interested to see what the changes in his life will bring to him and his family. I'm keen to know how he handles all the adversity and what will he present as a success and where would that have a limit.

Over 20 dressed photo shoots pics he posted!? 0_0 Well he sure loves being a model

Yep, and the photographers sure love taking pics of him imo.

Am I understanding the "verified account" and Like=favorite button correctly? ... Numbers are all that matter ... more clicks, more comments, more "hearts" ... and the traffic helps, so yeah, more he posts, more eyes will give it a look. Even to criticize.
As for the hashtags ... does it really matter?

**edited quote**

Yes, and if I were beautiful enough to be persued, and represented by a prestigious firm like Wilehlmina, I'd open a twitter account just so I could include them my hashtags!!  Especially if I had fallen in love and was unceremoniously dumped on national tv twice!!  You can damn well betcha I would.   

Nick having a verified account on IG is pretty meaningless since so many far more famous people, like actors, athletes, musicians don't have it and frankly don't need it.

At this point, I don't think Nick is even in the top 15 or maybe even top 20 most followed people from the Bachelor franchise on IG. Seems more like he got his representation to get it verified but like I said, it's not needed and doesn't really mean much of anything. All jmo.