I saw a tweet from someone who said they were 17 and had just bought their first house. When I first saw this, I thought, "Wow, people make a lot of money in this space," but then I said, "Wait a minute."
So apparently this person is a forex trader who also does crypto part-time; I checked their timeline to see if they have been heavily involved in the big crypto projects that have recently rewarded people handsomely, but I did not find any.
They were not actively involved with the big boys who had recently made money, and they did not have many followers, so the money could not have come from massive influence, so I left the page.
I was surprised to check Twitter today and see that the story of this particular millionaire teenager was already trending. Apparently, many people conducted research on her and were not convinced she was telling the truth.
I am not sure why they wanted to do that, but I can see why. I believe that many people felt pressured that a teenager should do what they couldn't, and this sense of unfulfillment led many of them to dox her.
Personally, I was not sure whether she was telling the truth or lying. Anything was possible; she could have made a lot of money on one of her forex ventures and decided to buy or build a house.
There is no denying that anyone can strike it rich in this market, but people in CT felt that forex was just too unstable a financial venture that should net a 17-year-old that much money in such a short period of time.
They apparently felt she needed a lot of experience and expertise, and wondered if she had started trading forex at a young age.
Too much lies then it becomes fake, too much truth and it becomes boring
Today, someone posted that they made a million dollars in one year of being in web3. Another person asked the poster to show a screenshot of their wallet that they will give them $50,000 if they were telling the truth, and the original poster did not respond.
In reality what are lot of people are doing is bull-posting themselves. People celebrate success in real life, and they appreciate it even more when you say things like "I did it at 21."
Now, this is one of the simplest ways to attract people to you. People want life hacks or codes for quick riches, and those who provide them are the most followed people in the world.
For example, if me, with 800 Twitter followers 0$ in my pocket, but a fine camera, a few people I can borrow their cars or houses for pictures, then starts posting myself in a 2023 Mercedes, tagging a particular business for being behind my success, I'll easy grow my following to over 200k if not more in less than 6 months.
Bull posting is the most straightforward way to become a financial influencer. There are benefits to having a large following, whether in real life or on social media.
You can overcharge brands, launch a scam coin, sell your social page to a scam project, or sell your soul to the devil for quick cash.
However, it is difficult to grow by telling people the truth.
You mostly accomplish this by telling them catchy lies. Truth is truth, and there is nothing exciting about the truth; however, telling lies is interesting; people want to be fed with hope in this space, and they want to be respected for making so much money in such a short period of time.
However, some people have begun to do it in an absurd manner, indicating that they are clearly lying.
It begs the question: why would I claim to be wealthy when I am not? It looks and sounds bizarre; apparently, common sense should prevent anyone from doing this. However, people are sometimes under pressure to create the impression that they are doing well when they are clearly not.
It feels terrible to tell someone you have been hustling in the space for over three years and still have nothing; perhaps no one wants to keep failures as friends and all that. But I will not be ashamed to admit, "Oh, I failed." I do not care what they say to me. However, I realized I would be afraid to do so when I was 24, or 25.
Maybe inexperience?
When I was younger and had a breakup, the next thing I did was pretend I was not hurt and acted like everything was fine. In fact, I would post pictures of myself having fun to show my ex that I was doing well. Essentially, I was just bolstering myself.
Why? Apparently, I wanted my ex to feel bad, to show her what she was missing, and so on, but I was obviously not doing well. It is mostly what we have on CT now.
Let bygones be
However, I believe no one should go to great lengths to prove that anyone is lying about their accomplishments in a short period of time. Anyone can have it either quickly or slowly.
I understand that putting others under pressure is a bad thing, but there are ways to train your mind to never feel pressure no matter what you see or hear.
Personally, I thought that teenager was only trying to bull-post herself, and others took it seriously, even doxxing her.
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