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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!

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Alix Earle and The Birds Papaya were both featured on podcasts that launched on Youtube 4 days ago. The Birds Papaya's podcast is at 10 views (4 came from us). Alix Earle is at 102K views. *both podcasts launched on other platforms. The platforms are almost exact.

The Birds Papaya was promoted on the Model Citizen Podcast IG account, on Hunter McGrady's account, on Micheala McGrady's account and on The Birds Papaya's instagram (2.4 million followers).

After four days, The Birds Papaya has 6 views on YouTube.

On Instagram the two Model Citizen Instagram reels featuring The Birds Papaya on the podcast received 155K views total.

On Instagram the three Hot Mess Instagram reels featuring Alix's latest podcast received 980k views total. *note Alix's podcast is about break ups, not SI SWIM. The Birds Papaya's podcast is about SI SWIM. Alix's SI Swim podcast on the Hot Mess Instagram received 1.8 million views. *the Hot Mess posts are not shared posts with Alix Earle's main account.

IS The Birds Papaya a bigger fraud than we even suspect? Are The Birds Papaya's views and likes always purchased. Do 75% of her comments come from engagement pods? 20% from paid bots, leaving 5% organic? Other than us, who really cares about The Birds Papaya?

Let's take a look at some numbers. We used Alix Earle, an influencer that also walked in the SI Swim show for a comparative analysis.

Our findings:

Followers gained: The Birds Papaya gained 114,000K followers post-show Alix Earle gained 50K

Post show media coverage: The Birds Papaya walked the SI Swim show as part of the Knix sponsorship package. Knix has been a top-tier sponsor with SI since 2023 and a sponsor since 2022. Knix was the title sponsor of the SI Swim show for Miami Swim Week 2024. Sarah received coverage in Sports Illustrated online (as part of the Knix sponsorship), a press release from Knix, and The Birds Papaya photo was in WWD for Knix, The Birds Papaya was not named in WWD. From the Knix press release The Birds Papaya and Knix recieved a paid feature in yahoo finance and The Longview News Journal ran the press release as an article. *The Longview News-Journal is a newspaper printed in the City of Longview, Texas

Alix Earle walked the SI SWIM show as an SI model and celebrity. Alix Earle received massive press coverage from the show. Coverage included Sports Illustrated online, USA Today, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, The Miami Herald, Page Six, US Sun, Just Jarred, MSN, Barstool Sports, AOL, Daily Front Row, Ocean Drive Magazine, Bustle, New York Post and hundreds of other media outlets including Yahoo Globally. Alix was featured and named in WWD (Women's Wear Daily). Alix also received thousands of post on IG & Tik Tok along with ample coverage on Reddit..

Question for discussion: Did The Birds Papaya purchase 100K+ followers after her paid-for-by-Knix walk down the Sports Illustrated Swim show at Miami Swim Week? We think so. We think The Birds Papaya is purchasing the majority of her likes, follows and views.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

This is great. I love when the snark is backed up with real data 😙🤌