Kenny Wallace Reveals How Dale Earnhardt Jr “Shocked” Him After His Threat to Quit Social Media

In a conversation with The Athletic, former NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace talked about social media. He actually made some pretty interesting revelations about his relationship with it. It is interesting to note that Dale Earnhardt Jr also played a big role in keeping Wallace on the social media map.

Kenny Wallace said, “Gosh, darn it. I’m struggling with that right now. The way the story goes is I threatened (to quit social media) about a year ago and all of a sudden my phone rang and I looked down and it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. Usually we just text each other. It shocked me, because he’s famous and although we’re friends, we just text. And he goes, ‘Hey, man, don’t leave social media. I like to hear what you have to say. However, if you do, stick with Instagram because our our studies find that Instagram is the best quality.'”

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Kenny Wallace heeded the advice of Dale Earnhardt Jr

The former driver did confess though, that he was fond of Twitter, as it updates him about the news. Unfortunately, it does have its drawbacks, as it puts him in a bad mood due to the negativity. Wallace did say that Instagram was fun and nobody argued with anyone, so maybe Dale Earnhardt Jr had a point.

However, if given a choice, Kenny Wallace would stick with Twitter, because many things are available to him. With regard to Facebook, he compared the news section to the National Enquirer. There was a risk of clickbait on that social media platform, and the same can be said for YouTube. However, Facebook is a lot worse, and Wallace considered Twitter as the real deal. Owing to that, he would prefer to use Twitter as a primary form of social media in order to stay in touch.

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