God damn. Somehow I missed this one four years ago. Looks like she’s still struggling with life. Sad place to be.

I looked over this post like five times... so the "scamming people" is that this user posted in mutual_aid and then spent the money on drugs? And also that they called people slurs once. Am I reading this right? Did this user lie about being homeless at any point?

Does Hexbear log IP addresses of login attempts? Is there any definitive way to tell if they're the same people?

i mean idk have you guys never given money to a homeless person who said it was their birthday? did you think that was true? would you be mad at them if it wasn't? aggrandize yourself if you have to, but please break free of the austerity mindset you're fucking communists for christssake

I've never donated to either user (as far as I can remember, at least, but it has been like 5 years) but I'm not gonna say she should be banned if they are one and the same. I think this post was worth making if it helps keep someone who may be also struggling & is unaware they're likely fueling a drug addiction from giving if they don't feel like they have to. Basically I'm not saying that you're in the wrong or anything for doing so. If they are storyofrachel, then I do think they should probably at the very least, DM you an apology for the slurs and general scam.

But...

Isn't the whole concept of mutual aid centered around giving without a ton of expectations? I'm talking purely 21st century mutual aid and not like, the French peasant 'I'll give you some milk and bread if you help clear the stables' mutual aid that Kropotkin wrote about. Who is to say that the $5k they've received from kind users didn't keep them alive to some extent? Yeah that's probably largely bullshit, and a huge amount of money to have received from kind strangers; but I personally think its probably better to think (or at least, hope) your money brought them some level of momentary peace rather than get mad because they're still asking for help which may or may not ultimately be used on drugs rather than getting them out of a hard place.

I just think shitting on them in this thread & banning them isn't going to really solve anything. I've never donated to either user, so I don't really have a stake in this, but I do think (or at least, hope lol) that anyone who HAS donated to anyone in this comm probably is doing it because they're a good person - not because they're expecting the recipient to be telling the truth or otherwise.

wtf is the intention behind making this post, except specifically trying to drive the user in question off the site because she did some fucked up stuff 4 years ago and called you a rude word, because it's oviously not an intervention or attempt to help her.

like is it out of some concern that the people who voluntarily gave her money while fully aware of her situation were too stupid to realise that there's a chance she might misuse it or is it just some way to make sure you never have to see her posts again? because there's a much easier solution than the whole "i just think you guys should know" style call out post shit to the latter:

Wild if true. Do the redacted parts of that first screenshot line up with the original Rachel? Otherwise just a first name is a bit of a stretch IMO

But if it is the same person coming back after, what, three years to hustle four figure sums from a tiny internet forum is... something

i'm not sure i get what the "scam" is here. was she not open about struggling with addiction, mental health, and homelessness? yeah, sometimes you give money to a homeless person and they spend it on something you don't approve of, and sometimes a mentally ill person acts like an asshole. you kind of just have to suck it up without resolving to unperson them.

I’m not scamming anyone. Please stop this.