Current rumors are both she & her brother are alive.

They make money because gullible people watch them.

Way to go, spreading fake news.

I'm not sure we know what the REAL news is yet.

Wait---here's the real news-----apparently 3.3 million idiots are stupid enough to "follow" a 14-year-old "social influencer". How weak do you have to be to be led by a 14-year-old? This is our next generation???? Future senators and governors and presidents????? We may very well be witnessing the beginning of the end. I very much doubt the citizens of Iran, or North Korea or China are being led by a 14-year-old "social influencer".

It was just "the news" at the time. I had no idea who that was so I looked it up. Nearly every result in the search mentioned the recent death. Nothing at the time hinted at a hoax.

I guess the "hoax" worked. I imagine most of us here had never heard of her. Now we're talking about her and her name is in the news. I wonder how long it will take her to announce her "I'm still alive" tour.

It was a hoax.

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I understand why media would post it, but for the life of my I can't figure out why it's on Talk of the Villages.

Because Talk of The Villages is where the local social influencers hang out.

Well let's put it this way: Have you ever sought any how-to instructions on the internet? From cooking, to vehicle fixes, to exercises? You have? Me too! These are our influencers of today.

Rather than pay money to anyone outside of your monitor you get some free self-help fixits at your very own convenience. Imagine that. I do a great core workout from a fitness expert (ahem influencer). I cured my sometimes nagging rotator cuff injury into a never nagging one thanks to another expert. Why I even added freon to my car thanks to one of these online mechanics. Went from warm air to ice cold... right before summer hit.

The unfortunate side effect is along with these very helpful people online we also get some narcissistic, useless twits that come with the package. I'm with you on this... who watches this garbage? And why are some of them straight out lying? Sad thing is the internet loves to promote them more than the helpful... just for clicks! So we get them pushed in our faces while others who actually contribute to society are sometimes ignored.

The name "influencer" sounds new and silly, I know, but some of these vloggers are actually very helpful. I'm sure the kids who watched this lil girl felt the same, maybe confidence-wise, who knows. If you don't like 'em, then don't "like" 'em.

If she is gone then may she RIP. If not, then just consider online source "facts" to be questionable until verified. (by other online sources!)

I think you need to separate the how-to videos and blogs that help solve a problem with "social influencers" who just spout out crap. A you tube video of how to program your sprinkler system is a far cry from some 14-year-old twit shouting out the N-word.

Social influencer... like how to behave? There are some people that need it. But yeah, the idiots who spout crap like you mentioned come with the package, like I said.

Who knows---I never hear the term until this 14-year-old idiot made the news. But you're right, a lot of crap comes along with the benefits of the internet. Maybe Al Gore shouldn't have invented it in the first place :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Nah... No one would ever do such a thing...

But I'm the bad guy for being a skeptic...

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