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‘People are nasty as heck on there’: the battle to close Tattle – the most hate-filled corner of the web

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/24/people-nasty-as-hell-on-there-battle-close-tattle-most-hate-filled-corner-web

I'll be honest I'd never heard of Tattle before I saw this article, but it looks like the Mumsnet Kiwi Farms. There are 6 sub-forums: Families, Gurus, Instagramers, Bloggers, Influencers and Celebs.

Each forum contains generic gossip threads about largely female, UK-based Internet and daytime TV personalities.

Some choice highlights from the article:

“Everything about me is twisted,” says the Dublin-based influencer Grace Mongey, 33. “When my cat went missing for four days, they said I hid it in my back yard for publicity.” Things got so bad, Mongey had to take a mental health break from social media in July this year.

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In August, the influencer Em Sheldon gave evidence before a parliamentary committee, calling for the site to be taken down.

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Without a hint of self-awareness, the article opens by endorsing doxxing:

Abbie Draper was so excited when she heard there was to be a big Tattle reveal that she set a reminder on her phone. On Friday, 1 October, at 7pm, Andy Malone was going to reveal the identity of the founder of the notorious website Tattle Life – the mysterious “Helen”.

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While politicians of all parties fulminate about the social media giants, Tattle flies beneath the radar. This is due partly to the perception that its subjects – female influencers and media personalities with professional management and large Instagram followings, often working in the parenting, fashion, or beauty arenas – in some way deserve the anonymous vitriol, or should deal with it as the price of success.

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They try to frame it like sexism is the reason the site is still up, when it's women's obsession with small celebrity gossip that drives the whole industry.

Women are talking shit about women and that's somehow a man's fault.

Also lol that these bitches couldn't stop reading about themselves. Just close the screen neighbor haha

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These influencers need some kind of opposing force. God only knows what kind of damage they do to young girls with their fake personas. It's important that someone exists to point out their flaws.

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This pretty much just sounds like PULL for a new generation, and that's a good thing. Kiki Cannibal was an important cautionary tale for me in my early internet days.

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"boo hoo influencers gave me a bad body image, wah wah" young girls need to man up


:#marseyklennycross:

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These modern day censors (or censorship lovers) make me fed-post so fricking bad :marseyglow: :marseyunabomber:

Outlawing "being mean" is not only peak dystopian, it is also incredibly obvious how easily it will be exploited and abused.

At first it only targets from SWAT-ing or stalking. And before you know it, you're not allowed to discuss Epstein and his libertarian friends. Slippery alone you say? Neighbor have you been in a coma the past decade? In fact, even the libertarian protection is happening with our favorite locomotion aficionados :marseygroomer2:

:marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber: :marseyunabomber:

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Social media and its consequences...

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Freedom of consequences does not mean freedom of speech.

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That's why I'm here instead of reddit. Even with the rightoids, as long as I can speak freely...

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This is the nicest thing you've ever said about us!

:marseylove:

Does this mean we're dating?

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Eww, dating a pinkname.

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We need more name-colorism on this site tbh. Ive seen some mild poking but we need a full name color apartheid

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Criticizing the government is hate speech

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Redact this fedpost... NOW!!!

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They're basically freelance advertisers, and advertisers deserve no sympathy.

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ALSO ALL OF TTHEYM ARE NARCISSISTS, SO TTHEYY DESERVE THIS ANYWAY (BETTER A BULLET TBH)

TRANS LIVES MATTER

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Are they using birthing person or is that the rdrama edit?

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