Lindsay
Do influencers deserve to be embarrassed? On the one hand, they’re pretty insufferable. On the other hand, they are also human beings.
One Redditor is wondering if they went too far after they accidentally embarrassed their influencer friend.
The problem, though, is the friend gets engagement by stealing other people’s posts and memes and reposting them without attribution—she even gets sponsored for stealing other people’s work.
The Redditor writes:
“Honestly, I’ll admit part of me is likely jealous, so I’ll own that, but mostly I just think it’s gross that she is lying and making up a whole personality that has people thinking she’s something she’s not.
Anyway, there’s this challenge going around on social media called the Hidden Cat Challenge, and I thought it would be funny to send her a photo of Monica’s apartment from Friends and say, “Bet you can’t find the cat in this photo.” I figured she’d recognize it and laugh, but within a few minutes, she had posted it on all of her social media telling people it was her latest Air B&B and making up an elaborate backstory about a random cat that lived there and challenging people to find it.”
OK, that’s actually so ridiculous it’s funny. OP asked the friend why she would lie to her followers.
“…she just said that she needed content and ‘no one would ever know.’
So I just kept my mouth shut and sat back to see what would happen. Obviously people immediately began calling her out, and she tried to defend herself, but it wasn’t long before she took it down and had to turn off comments on all her social accounts.
She’s now telling me I’m an AH for letting her post it, and I may have cost her sponsors and taken food out of her kids mouths.”
The situation made OP feel conflicted, so they asked Reddit if they were the a-hole in the situation.
People came to OP’s rescue, assuring them they’re not the a-hole. Below are 10 people who think the influencer got what she deserved.
1.
“OMG. That is hilarious! Encourage her to re-open her accounts and post inspirational quotes on making a comeback by her therapist, Dr. Frasier Crane.
2.
NTA.” – type1error
“It’s like when a child blames someone else for getting them in trouble. You tell them, ‘Nope. You got yourself in trouble because of your own actions. That’s on you.'” – purplegummybears
3.
“Hey OP – maybe ask her to post her review of that famous bar she went to – Cheers.” – HunterRoze
4.
“I guess no ever told her life was gonna be this way?” – venusdances
5.
“NTA in any way.
Lying has consequences. She outed herself; you even pointed out the mistake in posting it.” – PreteniousUsername1
6.
“I think she’s an asshole for not recognizing Monica’s apartment, mostly. I didn’t even watch the show and I know those damn purple walls.” – Dszquphsbnt
7.
“NTA. This is so funny. I know people who’ve stopped posting on social media because of getting content stolen like that, so it’s amazing to see one such content thief go down in this way. Thanks! You just made my day.” – serenityrabbit
8.
“With her stealing content from other creators it was a matter of time before this happened.” – noblestromana
9.
“To be fair, it took Joey 11 year and for the apartment to be emptied to realize it they were purple. Any that was after living there himself. Also, NTA, the friend played stupid games, got a stupid prize.” – gestaltdude
10.
“Sometimes a fast Google reverse image search could save your ass.” – Reigo_Vassal
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