this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
4 points (62.5% liked)

thebirdspapaya_snark

216 readers
32 users here now

Where to find mobile apps

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:

-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

founded 3 months ago
MODERATORS
 

As requested, a thread for general snarking that may not need its own post.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Poofluencers@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I love that I made this comment and Sarah suddenly posted a bunch of photos of them having “fun” with other people. I’ll never feel sorry for Shane cuz he’s a grown man that could protect his kid but he just does not for with this crowd. Also the way this poster describes social media like a magic wand. WTF - people have been meeting up and making friends randomly for ever. The influencer belief that they did everything first and best and must be shared is the weird thing.

[–] crownofgold6@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seriously all of this! Influencers think they did everything first. I’ve been meeting up with online friends before I even knew what an influencer was. They didn’t start a trend, they just made it annoying because they only meet up if it was free or hosted. They never have genuine meetups with people they have real friendships with.

[–] ladybonerforjustice@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Exactly! I’m a few years younger than Sarah and have been doing this since high school!

[–] facialSwelling@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

I've never seen a group of people THIS happy to be working for free. They are on a junket. On the Mickey's schedule. When REAL media go on a junket they are paid by the outlet. Influencers don't seem to understand they are essentially cheap labour.

[–] Glowpop@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Loved the video she took and posted hugging Josie Balka, so pixelated and jumping all over the place. And then you go to Josie’s stories and her videos are clear and good quality. None of Sarah’s other stories have that weird effect either, imagine that. Why no walking up to the mirror video in that tight black shirt and jeans, only the super baggy shirt??? We see you, Sarah!

[–] Poofluencers@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

The new one with Josie at the pool where she set up the camera. Sarah 100% did that to body check herself against Josie. She is so gross and manipulative.