What drives people to fake an online persona like this? Do they not fear getting caught or is that part of the thrill?
I mean all those #girlboss and #babeswhohustle motivationaly posts are also just to get new subordinates for your MLM marketing scam. And then there's people congratulating themselves on pumping and dumping SafeMoon crypto coins ...
I don't know who started the "fake it till you make it" advice, but it's certainly how most Instagram accounts operate. This guy perfected that: https://medium.com/@chrisbuetti/how-i-eat-for-free-in-nyc-us...
(I used to run a bikini company, so I have practical experience working with Instagram influencers)
The possibility of losing your medical license should be scary.
1. Ask “who is <handle I do not like>?”
2. Conduct background
3. Reveal the handle’s real name and address.
4. Retreat to them being a public figure when people criticize your doxxing.
5. Real name person now has people threatening them.
6. Journalist gets accolades amongst the echo chamber for the expose.
7. Journalist looks for other people they do not agree with.
8. Go to 1
And why label this as some random drama? It is a modern day phenomena where people can easily fake their persona online for personal gains. And having significant number of such people will have an impact (negative) on the society. This is very much on topic with many other discussions on hacker news, such as content moderation on twitter.
"Phenomena" is plural, i.e. it refers to multiple "phenomenons".
