Owner of Tattle Life named

[BeardofHagrid]

The owner of hate forum Tattle Life has today been legally named as Sebastian Bond. He also goes by the alias Bastian Durward. He has tried to flee to Asia to avoid paying his legal costs.

https://goss.ie/featured/everything-we-know-about-the-owner-of-tattle-life-as-he-is-finally-named-423238

A lot of them are also on Tattle, that's the other bit they aren't saying.

I think if people choose to put themselves in the public domain, and in particular if they try and make money by presenting a certain often borderline fraudulent curated version of their lives then they have to accept that it is an important that there is a counterpoint where it is permissible to discuss the -glaringly obvious inconsistencies in what they put on the public domain.

Particularly people who fundraise or make a living from promoting this version of their life.

I remember mumsnetters doing some powerful work picking holes in the fakery of MLM "boss babes" back in the day. That forensic digging into their posts was so key in bringing into the spotlight how much they were fraudulently presenting an image of success in order to lure new people into their pyramid schemes

There's a healthy balance to be found - where robust critique of public social media posts should be perfectly legal but making up lies or stalking in real life quite clearly should not be allowed

Agreed 👏🏼

I follow an influencer who was/is well discussed on tattle and some of the comments were really nasty BUT this woman won’t allow any criticism or perceived criticism on her platforms. She is actually really quite nasty herself in the comment section to the point where I wonder why she does this. If you want adulation then the internet is not the way to find it!

My point being, if you don’t allow any “above board “ discussion then inevitably people will take it somewhere else.

she’s not a passive victim in all this although I appreciate some people are.

YES! I don't think its fair at all that basically now theres nowhere to call these people out ! These influencers (Especially the ones using their kids for content) should b scrutinised!

Obviously the stalking part is not on!

But also these influencers are literally posting photos of their house, their kids in school uniform, where they are etc - it's ridiculous to do that - it's easy to find out where they live or where their kids go to school and I can't believe people do this kind of thing! it's dangerous.

@Fupoffyagrasshole - all that was required, I believe, is that Tattle should have been more tightly moderated. It's all very well saying "of course the stalking and shaming of children shouldn't have happened but the site was useful for shining a spotlight on dodgy influencers" - well then, of course, the stalking, shaming, harrassment, calling people cunts etc should have been moderated out. It might have made for a more sanitised, less thrilling bitchathon for the members who live for that sort of thing. But the site would not be under threat as it is now.

I agree.
Scrutiny/critique and calling out fraud/obvious lies etc should be allowed. It's a necessary counterpoint to the fakery of influencer culture.
If you can't hack that then don't put yourself in the public domain. I certainly never would aspire to be an influencer or celebrity.

But behaviours like stalking, severe nastiness around disabled and unwell people, should have been curtailed by the site.

Some threads are worse than others. The treat that lady with the children from the footballer awfully. Katie p the same. Threads about the cooking lady are a bit myth busting. The other influencers are more just gossipy though they are quite mean about ms H.
i don’t sleep much so I spend hours reading trash. Lots of threads are quite dull.

Really. They are non existent as far as I'm aware.

Agree

It's not just influencers that there are threads dedicated to on tattle. There are threads dedicated to Harry and Meghan. Lily Allen - not just influencers. And it's not simply about holding people to account either. Some of them are just gossip threads

Influences just don’t want a platform that they can’t control. Before tattle was GG, Reddit threads, there will be something else.
While some posts cross the line the reality is 99% of it is fine, it’s just not stuff influencers want said about them.
They make way too much money to not try to cling to the power. More people realising how fake their whole front is means money from their pockets.

There’s a Harry and Megan thread on here, do you want that closed down too? And I just looked at the Lily Allen one, it’s about her podcast (which she is actively promoting) and is quite complimentary.
Whats wrong with a gossip thread?

This 100%

I am actually interested in this case as it brings into question freedom of speech. Influencers don’t HAVE to read tattle.

I guess it’s the same with the press in terms of celebrities… you are putting yourself in the public eye unfortunately… if you don’t like it, then don’t be an influencer or a celebrity and lead a private life.

Nothing wrong with a gossip thread imo…

Reddit can be WAY worse @Twisterpiggy Interesting none of these influencers are going after that...

So what? Gossip is part of human nature, because there is nothing more fascinating than other people.

How interesting. I wonder if this will prompt the likes of GirlScout/Tsarinya to log off and finally get a job?

My point was that people seemed to be suggesting that tattle is there to hold influencers to account - not just influencers that are discussed on tattle

Hi there, wondering if someone could message me about tattle please

Message you? What for?

What do you mean message you? To say what?

Nothing bad. She just needed a favour. She messaged me asking if I could help her by posting a message on tattle for her .

I dont have an account so couldn't help but I did tell her there's a reddit sub also tattle and she could try there

Please for the love of God don’t do this anyone with an account. On Reddit someone has been desperately trying to get people to doxx themselves by linking Reddit and Instagram accounts. If anyone posts what @FunnyFleurs wants then it will link your Mumsnet to your Tattle name!

@FunnyFleurs why not just post it here?