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Social Control Media Props Up Narcissists and Liars (Who Fake Their Alleged Popularity or Supposed Importance)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 12, 2025,

updated Dec 12, 2025

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The Tux Machines site is not in Social Control Media. That does not mean that the site isn't important, it just doesn't waste time on volatile nonsense.

Many popular 'influencers' are not popular; they are "successful fakers".

Twitter followers, for example, are mostly spam/bots [1, 2], so people who boast about such numbers are typically 1) liars and 2) they know they lie about it.

If a million people "like" something you post but nobody comments, how can that not be bot activity?

If a million people "see" something you post but nobody "likes" it, how can that not be bot activity?

If a million people "follow" you but only a few dozen "see" what you post, you're a bots-boosted faker.

The likes of Spamnil, the click-fraudster who is defended by other click-fraudsters (they're afraid they're next to be 'exposed'), shows this problem isn't limited to textual Social Control Media. It's the same in YouTube.

The Web is in a dire state. █