Posted 26 December 2017 - 05:31 AM
To put it differently... different groups and different members offer different levels of "closeness."
ANY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHATSOEVER of the humanity and individuality of fans was basically invented 13 years ago.
If you're a fan to be known BY the idol instead of a fan to support the idol or watch/listen-to the idol, choose your idol accordingly.
Also, acknowledging top-3 on Showroom is really... nothing. It's an attempt to monetize 3 seconds of the idol saying your handle. And if that's worth it to you, choose your idol accordingly.
What I've learned about Japanese so far, is that you must first pay attention to these 2 things:
Rule #1 and
Context. After that, just pray they remember their high-school English class.