thebirdspapaya_snark
Hello new Lemmy friends!
Word on the street tells us our community is regularly making it the all page. While this is very cool news to hear, we can see how the sudden emergence of our posts in your feed might feel jarring and probably raises some questions. And also how, without knowing the backstory, our community might appear less than virtuous, so here’s a very brief introduction which hopefully will clear a few things up.
The woman we’re discussing is a body positive influencer and media personality who has gained fame and wealth by lying, manipulating, exploiting her children for content, plagiarizing BIPOC creators and blaming her BIPOC content editor for it (thereby ruining her career), among other things. Her fraudulent behavior is no different (I’d argue worse) from the likes of Jay Shetty (google him if you don’t know who he is or what he did). She’s the latest in a long line of grifting influencers who are abusing their power, taking advantage of their position and exploiting their followers. The difference is that she’s Canadian. Our laws around social media and advertising aren’t as clear (and where they are she’s disobeyed them), add to that, our mainstream media has protected her from those who’ve tried to expose her grift and silenced/intimidated anyone who’s tried to speak out.
Our Reddit sub was taken down due to reports of copyright infringement, which is unfounded and categorically untrue as no one ever tried to steal her work and pass it off as their own. The mods have made an appeal. While at first glance it may seem like we’re just “shitting on her” the sub has been more devoted to investigation and posting proof of her lies than just bitching for the sake of bitching. The reality is that she’s hurt, manipulated and let down a lot of people. She stole intellectual property and employment, caused mental distress and has repeatedly told lies to boost engagement and profit off her audience, so people are understandably upset that their voices are being silenced.
We’re grateful to have been welcomed so kindly by so many of you, and to those sticking around to watch the drama unfold, we’re glad to have you!
**all posts are alleged.
Rules:
-Please follow Lemmy content guidelines. See https://lemmy.ca/
-Minor's Right to Privacy: No posts about the children whatsoever. No mention of full names and no photos. Minors must be completely removed from all photos/videos. No exceptions. This goes for ANY child. No just TBP's.
-No snarking on the character or appearance of any of the children. This is a site dedicated to Sarah Landry.
-No posting information that is not readily available online/NoDoxxing: Influencers post an abundance of personal information online. Examples of doxxing include:
- Posting an individual's phone number or address on the internet.
- Releasing information about an individual's family, place of employment, or other private documents.
- Encouraging others to use released information to harass an individual.
-Comments Regarding Mental Health: Jokes or Snide remarks about mental health or unaliving oneself will not be tolerated under any circumstances. No armchair diagnosing.
-Do not post or solicit communication with TBP or related influencers: This includes screenshots and references to 'this is what I commented.' Please message a mod if you would like to share anything anonymously.
-No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, body shaming or other ism/bigotry.
-No TBP crusaders
-No commenting with the sole purpose of being rude/insulting: while criticism/debate is welcome on the page, being purposefully mean, insulting and rude is not.
-No brigading/incitement of mass harassment. Do not post links to affiliate sites, or incite members of the sub to brigade against TBP/related parties (this includes brands).
-Fact check and do your homework: Make sure to research before posting. If you are posting photos or videos that are filtered/photoshopped, make sure it is blatantly obvious. No rumours. no speculations (example Ozempic use).
-No overly vulgar language.
-No advertisement of any kind
-No duplicate posts
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Whoever posted on the blogsnark subreddit asking if it was okay to talk about TBP on there now, if you are here to read this I would recommend not to go over there. All of the people that are on the blogsnarkmetasnark page (some of whom responded to the post) will come over to rip you a new one, then go back to their subreddit to talk about how horrible of a human you are. Just a warning. It's way more drama than what it is worth.
I went and had a look at the parentblogsnark because someone had posted a notice about TBP sub take down and people have some strong opinions about our snark. I don’t get the, if you don’t like it then don’t follow, mentality. In a case like the Princess, who is outright lying about her appearance and that’s her entire platform, it makes me feel like just walking away and not shining a light on it is being a bystander. The stories from women in the sub really affected me and showed me how much harm she’s causing and I really feel a duty to inform. That sounds all high and mighty but if everyone turns a blind eye to what’s wrong in society then it’s allowed to continue.
That person seems like a real joy to hang around. 🙄
They sound just lovely and welcoming!
Lol yes. You can usually tell by comments like this the people who belong to the blogsnarkmetasnark sub. They all very much respond to posts in similar ways usually criticizing the poster, downvote them, and then go back to their sub to discuss the stupidity of the people who posted or commented. Once you start to notice it, it becomes obvious who they are. They were also laughing about TBP sub being shut down on their sub. No wonder people barely post in blogsnark anymore.
Why would they do that? How weird!
Super weird. Their whole premise is to snark on people in other subreddits that they feel aren't snarking the right way. It's pretty big too which is what surprises me most since it's so hypocritical.
There are snarkers and then their are people with a huge chip on their shoulder who just seem downright miserable and want to take everyone down with them
Where can I find this?