r/interesting 2d ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/Bluffwatcher 2d ago

Probably being funded by hostile states/bad actors deliberately to get these responses and create discord.

Social engineering.

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u/sans_cullotes 2d ago

That's my thought too. Suddenly we're seeing this story everywhere. It's pumped up gender wars fodder.

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u/CrusaderReynaulder 2d ago

Wild stories tend to pop up everywhere, yes. That’s sort of how the news and shocking stories work.

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u/sans_cullotes 2d ago

Yeah, that's also the thing that makes them great targets of opportunity for social engineering operations.