I'd certainly like to hear her try to explain to the FTC how her actions on social media aren't deceptive. In fact, I'd pay good money to watch it on TV lol

Someone answered below, but in case you don't see it--this statute specifically includes instances where the creator knew, or should have known, that increased numbers were fake. So, even if someone is able to buy 25k followers with crypto anonymously, a case could be made that such a sudden increase of thousands of new followers/views/comments/etc for no discernable reason is suspicious enough that the person in control of the account should have known it isn't organic and taken steps to rectify the situation.

The particular influencer this sub is about is one of those people who purchases new followers in the tens of thousands daily. She is in egregious violation, whether or not the receipt is in her actual name.

I am hopeful that he isn't doing it because Janette has dibs for her.. project? If she's still doing anything with that anyway. TBP has been so dull lately I haven't been paying as much attention lol

I wonder if she even eats papaya, or she just buys them for the gram and then throws them away. Seems like something ol Uncrustables would do.

Oh boy, she must really believe in her product to not want any information about it to be public on AirBnB. I'm sure that's what took so long; she had to hire someone to build an entire website for her so no one could leave reviews or see how often it's booked.

This is great. I love when the snark is backed up with real data 😙🤌

Her inability to frown is actually hilarious .. that's an au naturel face alright 😂

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Are you close friends with this person? If you are, perhaps you can kindly point out the pitfalls of influencer culture. If not, it may be best to just unfollow. If it's an acquaintance, you'll still see em when you see em - they probably won't even notice. If you don't even know them personally, just unfollow without remorse. I'm finding it's better to be ruthless in curating your SM feeds because it can be a tricky slope from mildly irritating to daily rage lol

Yup - the left is what she (The Birds Papaya) shares on her IG, the right was taken by a professional photographer. These pictures are from the same day. She claims to be a "body positive" influencer. Perhaps now you can understand a bit better why she has a community of "haters" 🤪

There's immediately 3 down votes every new thread. I'm gonna guess they are 1. Sarah 2. Alicia and 3. the neighbor lol

I'd be willing to bet Knix/Joanna has a lot to do with getting the sub banned. Birdie doesn't have that kind of money or power, but Joanna does.