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  • gophilly22

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    April 17, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    In my opinion, YES a lot of them are. Some, I think, or hope, have decent intentions. But a lot of them are def modern day scammers. But with the world today, with AI threatening jobs and costs rising… can we really blame them? I’m not supporting them, but I get it. They’re trying to find another source of income they have more control over. In some ways I wish I had it in me to do the same, but it’s just not me. If you think an influencer is a scammer, just call them out or stop following them. Block them even. They can do their thing and we can ignore it. We need to stop enabling that behavior. The platforms and their algos make it worse so we need to signal that we are tired of this before they will bother changing.