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I hate to be that guy again (it always seems to be me), but...
There are few things cringier than when someone notices an account sticking up for Chantal and automatically concludes it must be a Chantal sock puppet.
Usually the 'farmer will notice the comment and swear up and down that it has to be her because nobody else would have said it. Needless to say, this is pretty flimsy evidence.
If I were to list all the Twitter users, YouTube commenters, instagram users, and even kiwifarmers who have been accused of being Chantal right in this very thread, I would be here all day. In just about every single case, there were 'farmers who were absolutely convinced the sock puppet had to be Chantal and nobody else. I am reminded of one "G G", who was one of the most persistently rumored "Chantal" sockpuppets of all. He fell under suspicion because he left positive comments to her videos and rebuked comments from haters. That was good enough for a lot of 'farmers; it had to be her. I knew it wasn't her from the start, but I was kind of shouted down when I said so. One 'farmer asked me if I were retarded, and assured me that "I will give my left nut if it isn't her!"
His left nut remains uncollected because he did not specify to whom it should be given. But G G was not Chantal. Turned out he was a vegan with a softness for fat girls. He liked to encourage them to eat healthier and take control of their health. With Chantal, he went through the familiar arc: he supported and defended her at first, then he encouraged her, then he gave advice, then he criticized her decisions, then he raged at her, and then he fucked off. He wasn't seen again for a few months until he turned up as a regular in Life by Jen's chat, offering her encouragement at the same time Clotso was feuding with her. He was just some well-meaning sucker who got caught in the swirling drainwater that surrounds all deathfats.
This has played out numerous times. So-and-so is most definitely Chantal. Who could it be but her? And then it turns out not to be her. This is true of the internet at large too; 99% of all accused sockpuppets turn out not to be sockpuppets.
This is cringy because people will say things like "She's so dumb and transparent" while implying they are geniuses for unmasking her. But then in the end, they look like fools and Chantal gets reason to laugh and mock us. 'farmers have a reputation to uphold, and when things like this happen, it makes us all look retarded. On what grounds can we mock Reddit users, if this happens so often here?
Worse, it becomes canon. There are people today who still think G G was Chantal, and it gets repeated until a debunked rumor is treated as true history again. That makes the waters awful muddy, and it doesn't help any of us understand the true nature of our heroine.
So now we have returned to Louise as a suspect, eh?
Anyone offering any nuts?
A smart thing to do when investigating a sock puppet is to ask yourself if the message is in Chantal's best interests. Is it something she would do herself? So you tell me, do you really think she would report herself to YouTube for scamming her own beezers?
I think that alone is enough to debunk this.
Louise is some kind of crackpot troll who alternates between loving and hating her idol. But this, and other posts of hers, are not in Chantal's best interest and would not have been posted by Chantal. The possibility remains that it is another person's sock puppet (DC Media Girl seems to be the #2 suspect, but I can't be bothered to try to figure that out)
I have a personal rule of thumb: I assume nobody is a sock puppet until incontrovertible proof accompanies the accusation. If I can't offer such proof, I make no such claim. Feel free to investigate sock puppets (she has used them before, but not nearly as often as people think), but do your detective work first before just assuming it has to be her. Post proof, not conjecture. That way, if you are eventually proven wrong, it won't make all of us look like Redditors.
There are few things cringier than when someone notices an account sticking up for Chantal and automatically concludes it must be a Chantal sock puppet.
Usually the 'farmer will notice the comment and swear up and down that it has to be her because nobody else would have said it. Needless to say, this is pretty flimsy evidence.
If I were to list all the Twitter users, YouTube commenters, instagram users, and even kiwifarmers who have been accused of being Chantal right in this very thread, I would be here all day. In just about every single case, there were 'farmers who were absolutely convinced the sock puppet had to be Chantal and nobody else. I am reminded of one "G G", who was one of the most persistently rumored "Chantal" sockpuppets of all. He fell under suspicion because he left positive comments to her videos and rebuked comments from haters. That was good enough for a lot of 'farmers; it had to be her. I knew it wasn't her from the start, but I was kind of shouted down when I said so. One 'farmer asked me if I were retarded, and assured me that "I will give my left nut if it isn't her!"
His left nut remains uncollected because he did not specify to whom it should be given. But G G was not Chantal. Turned out he was a vegan with a softness for fat girls. He liked to encourage them to eat healthier and take control of their health. With Chantal, he went through the familiar arc: he supported and defended her at first, then he encouraged her, then he gave advice, then he criticized her decisions, then he raged at her, and then he fucked off. He wasn't seen again for a few months until he turned up as a regular in Life by Jen's chat, offering her encouragement at the same time Clotso was feuding with her. He was just some well-meaning sucker who got caught in the swirling drainwater that surrounds all deathfats.
This has played out numerous times. So-and-so is most definitely Chantal. Who could it be but her? And then it turns out not to be her. This is true of the internet at large too; 99% of all accused sockpuppets turn out not to be sockpuppets.
This is cringy because people will say things like "She's so dumb and transparent" while implying they are geniuses for unmasking her. But then in the end, they look like fools and Chantal gets reason to laugh and mock us. 'farmers have a reputation to uphold, and when things like this happen, it makes us all look retarded. On what grounds can we mock Reddit users, if this happens so often here?
Worse, it becomes canon. There are people today who still think G G was Chantal, and it gets repeated until a debunked rumor is treated as true history again. That makes the waters awful muddy, and it doesn't help any of us understand the true nature of our heroine.
So now we have returned to Louise as a suspect, eh?
Anyone offering any nuts?
A smart thing to do when investigating a sock puppet is to ask yourself if the message is in Chantal's best interests. Is it something she would do herself? So you tell me, do you really think she would report herself to YouTube for scamming her own beezers?
I think that alone is enough to debunk this.
Louise is some kind of crackpot troll who alternates between loving and hating her idol. But this, and other posts of hers, are not in Chantal's best interest and would not have been posted by Chantal. The possibility remains that it is another person's sock puppet (DC Media Girl seems to be the #2 suspect, but I can't be bothered to try to figure that out)
I have a personal rule of thumb: I assume nobody is a sock puppet until incontrovertible proof accompanies the accusation. If I can't offer such proof, I make no such claim. Feel free to investigate sock puppets (she has used them before, but not nearly as often as people think), but do your detective work first before just assuming it has to be her. Post proof, not conjecture. That way, if you are eventually proven wrong, it won't make all of us look like Redditors.
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