They're wondering whether this specific account is making money.
Those are very different questions. An account can be both, neither, or one or the other.
I guess Americans use the word bullshit differently to the rest of the English speaking world? Or something else?
If one were to speak bullshit, they'd be doing exactly what I just wrote. No money is involved.
You called it a ponzi scheme!
Either way, please listen to the distinction I'm making.
You're talking about ways the industry is bad.
They're asking if the article is flat-out wrong about this single account being successful inside that industry.
Those are two separate ideas to call bullshit on. A bullshit industry can have bullshit success stories, but it can also have true success stories.
Yes. And then people had a problem with the word bullshit, for some reason.
It can be both bullshit and a ponzi scheme. That doesn't make bullshit necessarily a scam.
If I post the same thing to Instagram, most people will applaud me for being such a great photographer.
Everyone is wasting their time. Lots of people like bullshit.
I'm still confused by these two comments. I don't think we can verifiably claim any personal story on any media outlet is BS or not.