I think most of social media (especially: if it's connected to anyone remotely in the public eye with an interest in capitalizing off-of "branding themselves") tends to be totally fake and, in all actuality: nothing but PR agencies writing scripted responses and buying trollbot accounts to...
They often do seem like an excuse to fill time to try to pad-out one's beam routine by filling it with as many basics as you feel you might get away with, *but*: I think if they're used as a transition move preceding or following something technically elaborate (as others have pointed out...
Oh, it's unfortunate that Alpha has (apparently?) gone. My gym days stopped after being on high school squads (2000-2004, I know --- don't laugh), but from avidly following NCAA Women's (really O.U.!): Alpha had really upped their game (I thought) in recent years; with some of the most truly...