You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.
Looks like he missed
I was having a little wander around Steemit this morning, visiting places I don't usually go. You know how it is, one link leads to another and so on. Anyway...
Begging
There seems to be a proliferation of begging posts. I'm not talking about the usual charities and community fundraising things. There are plenty of those.
These are personal stories. They are designed to evoke pity in the reader. I'm not going to link any because that would be mean but I noticed a bit of a theme...
Sad emotional content
The writer has suffered a setback in life or (in some epic cases) a string of personal tragedies.
Images that pull at the heartstrings
These are incredibly heart rending images in most cases but nearly all of them are sourced online from the usual places. None (that I've seen here) feature pics of themselves or their personal circumstances. This leads me to suspect the use of emotive imagery as a tactic.
Skint
Although the range of emotional tragedy/setback varies, there is one constant and common theme. MONEY and a LINK to a crypto wallet so you can, at your convenience, donate some of your money.
So what?
I'm pretty sure you, dear reader, have suffered some sort of emotional setback at some time in your life. Many of you will also have known periods of being skint or down on your luck. How many of you post about this online asking strangers to send money to you? I'm guessing not too many. It strikes me as odd. The Spidey senses wake up. Is someone trying to scam me? Hmm...
Hard
Maybe I'm cynical and hardened to sob stories. I've fell for a few in my time and the lessons were hard.
What to do?
I hope you will keep your wits about you. Perhaps you should do some research before first handing over any of your hard-earned money to faceless people who could literally be taking advantage of your good nature. I'm not calling anyone a liar -- perhaps they're genuine -- but scammers exist. They exist here as much as anywhere.
Be careful!
Helpful
If this was helpful to you in any way, please consider sending me all your money. It will help me feel happy and fulfilled knowing I did almost fuck all to receive it.
If you want, you can let me know in the comments whether you think writing personal sad stories for monetary gain from complete strangers is something you agree with.
Love, Anj xx
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