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 Teen Wolf News 120312



 Well This is Going to SUCK

With Jeff Davis now gone from twitter (and Instagram apparently) we’re all dependent on the official MTV social media folks for our updates.

That’s going to suck.

I’m not dissing those folks, they do their jobs quite well but their primary job is NOT keeping the rabid fandom up to the minute with Teen Wolf happenings.

Whereas Jeff was simply going about his day and tweeting as he went along, MTV’s primary goal is to promote their network on their schedule.

We’ll probably still get updates on major stuff but there is no telling how long it will take them to post it.

A great example of this came on Friday after Jeff had given up on Twitter. One of his last tweets said they’d come to a conclusion on Stiles' hairstyle for Season 3.

Instead of telling us the answer he said the Teen Wolf Tumblr site would have the information “soon”.

It’s now been three days – still no information.

Before Jeff was run off twitter, that information would have been released at that moment because Jeff’s tweets tended to be very stream of consciousness.

The other complaint I have about the network social media machine is their penchant to release some information on one platform but not on another.

Some posts go to facebook, but not on tumblr for no reason I can discern other than they want to test which platform works best or gets the most hits or whatever.

They also don’t tend to tweet their tumblr stuff regularly. Their facebook account seems to link to twitter but they don’t seem to follow up with the tumblr.

I realize that most fans won’t care but for me this sucks major since I spend a good bit of time looking for new and exciting stuff about the show to share here on the Wiki and now it looks like the best avenue for that information, Jeff’s Twitter account, is gone forever.

 First Day of Season 3 Filming

Actor Linden Ashby (Sheriff Stilinski) summed up the cast’s feelings pretty well – the first day of shooting is like the first day of school.

We hope to see some behind the scenes shots “soon” but the meaning of that word is flexible in the new social media order of things (see above).

In the meantime enjoy this gallery of behind the scenes stuff Jeff shared in the run up to the start of filming.

We’ll also be on the lookout for updates from other cast members and add them as they come in so check back here for the very latest.

 New Blog Entries

If you look at the Extras and User Blog section on the front page you might notice that most of the content is written by me. I don’t mind. I enjoy writing but I also enjoy reading other folks thoughts on the show and the current goings on.

I’ve added a couple of new blogs from a new wiki member and encourage anyone reading this to submit their own blogs. If they’re good – not too speculative or fan-fictiony – I'll consider adding them to the front page.

Note – I reserve the right to edit your work for style, add images to promote the piece and generally fix up stuff in your blogs. I won’t change the substance of what you wrote but I might tweak the look, spacing and punctuation a bit to make it easier to read.