Mike Francesa Just Started a War With His Greatest Ally on Twitter
Mike Francesa is clearly not a fan of his work being publicized on Twitter. On Thursday, Francesa announced he was tired of people using clips from his show online, so the long-time radio host declared no one could post any of his audio or video on Twitter without his permission. That may mean bad news for the "Funhouse" Twitter account (@BackAfterThis) which posts a lot of clips from Francesa's show.
Francesa was upset that his rant about Donald Trump wound up getting 2.4 million views on the Funhouse account and wants it shut down.
Francesa may have just shutdown @BackAftaThis by saying no one can repurpose any of his audio or video without the express written consent from FAN.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) April 2, 2020
Francesa said 2.4 million watched his Trump rant and it was unauthorized.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) April 2, 2020
Of course, without @BackAftaThis not many would have heard it.
Here's the thing though, the Funhouse account publicizes his show. He may not like the way the account does it, but far more people get to see or hear his segments because Funhouse has more than 97,300 followers. The use of those clips clearly magnifies his reach, even if he doesn't like the style of the tweets.
Here's what the account tweeted after Francesa's declaration:
Francesa just made a really, really bad decision. He's not happy that this "illegally posted" clip of him got over 2M views. A clip https://t.co/J9DlVrIWU5 posted themselves only after it blew up.
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) April 2, 2020
He says nobody will ever post his clips again. Enjoy yelling in the forest, pal. https://t.co/fncKNcdVee
The account continued:
He just went from being mostly irrelevant to completely irrelevant. Don't misunderstand... I'm a nobody, but I lost count of how many people told me they only hear him via my clips. He didn't think this through. https://t.co/FrbgSRjEIe
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) April 2, 2020
The account does plan on continuing to post content from other shows:
Of course. And everything else under the sun. I was already prepared for Life After Mike. This news is roughly 3% as devastating as when he retired (the first time) in 2017.
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) April 2, 2020
And now nobody has to listen to his incoherent ramblings from the basement anymore. https://t.co/NNShcTPdeL
This might have been a poorly-calculated move by Francesa. The Funhouse account made him accessible to many more listeners. Now he's cut that off.