TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 06/01/2025man we gotta talk about grifters selling “courses” online about things they’ve never done & know nothing about. it is a plague on social media in every single niche possible 1216310
TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 06/01/2025these people just repackage someone else’s content, often content that was posted for free but has been stolen, to make a profit. that’s capitalism, baby. it might be legal but it’s unethical as hell & at this point it feels like 7/10 influencers i see on any given platform are doing this 3441
Aj Rez 🗿 @aj.reznor.com · 07/01/2025I swear I've experienced this watching SANS "training" sessions whose "experts" spent more time talking about their accomplishments than $TOPIC. 000
Some Random Dave @somerandomdave.bsky.social · 07/01/2025You mean, like all the "you don't have to understand computers to make big money in infosec" people? (Sadly, you don't need to understand computers to get hired in infosec, which is why infosec is probably the biggest threat to computer security out there...) 010
Stijn 👨🏽💻 @sequr.be · 07/01/2025Half of the FIRE community/promotors are the same, imo. Feels like their main income isn't from investing in stocks but selling books and courses about becoming Financially Independent. Some of them even "teach" extremely risky investment strategies to people who don't even have basic knowledge. 000
SoonerMedic @soonermedic72.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I just watched a penguinz0 video about tiktok grifters. What timing! 🤣 000
Mky (Mikey) @nylint.bsky.social · 06/01/2025kinda vibes like the punk rock MBA thing, where he admits in an interview that he's done with his YT channel because he made the money he wanted to make and "doesn't care about music" www.gearnews.com/punk-rock-mba/ content maybe not stolen - but how authentic could it be?gearnews.comThe Punk Rock MBA: DIY Hero or Corporate Shill? - gearnews.comFollowing his interview with influencer, Jesea Lee, Finn Mckenty aka Punk Rock MBA has seen more backlash than Metallica's acoustic records. 110
Secure ICS OT @secure-ics-ot.bsky.social · 07/01/2025media.tenor.coma man standing in front of a shelf of oxi cleanALT: a man standing in front of a shelf of oxi clean 000
Dave B. @vwfactor.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Totally. There is a ton of crap I don't know much about, let alone how each vendors equipment behaves.. But I know enough not to trust some random online personality. Ask questions, ask for help, read the documentation. 000
IT_Spook @itspook.com · 06/01/2025It is down right predatory. It all feels like those informercials that run at 3am, where a musician talks about how much money he made after taking a 90 days course... that you can to. 000
Nikolaj @nikolaj0x1.bsky.social · 06/01/2025We have regular stories in Danish media about so-called finfluencers, who sell courses on how to get rich. The main part of the “course” is how to sell the course to other people, while becoming an “influencer”yourself. Pyramid scheme 101. Absolutely abhorrent. 041
Darren Horrocks @bizzehdee.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Could you write your own course? Fight the scourge with actual real reliable information? 000
