How to Spot a Bullsh- Account for Dummies

It’s actually pretty easy

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I saw a title float through my feed that I deemed bullsh-content aka clickbait. To satisfy my curiosity I clicked it, then the author, then in the URL typed /about. (And FYI, you can do the /about trick with any publication and now it appears you can do it with “writers” as well, even if they hide it.)

This enterprising shyster had written yet another piece (not another for them but for the platform) on how to make money on Vocal in five minutes. Yep. Five whole minutes. Damn. Wish I had known. /sarcasm

But if you look at the profile’s about page

• You’ll see that they have chosen to hide the date they started on Medium. God forbid anyone pegs this “writer” as a newbie.
• But it does show that they also decided right off the bat to violate Medium Rules by doing the follow-for-follow scheme. This is always indicated when the “writer” follows more people than follows them. They are hoping for a quid pro quo interaction.
• Typing in the genres where you are supposedly a top writer doesn’t make you a top writer. That information is populated automatically.