Why obsessively following successful people online is dangerous

Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by raspasov on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:03PM (#28752653)

Don’t listen to what successful people say. Watch what they do.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by quickthrower2 on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:18PM (#28753614)

Reminds me of the Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me song. Actually those lyrics pretty much sum this all up :-).

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by Underphil on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:05PM (#28752680)

Which in many cases is morally questionable or downright illegal.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by raspasov on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:16PM (#28752827)

Sorry, I don’t follow. How is the act of observing illegal? I’m not advocating for getting access to private information.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by Jarwain on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:41PM (#28753201)

I think the implication is that "what successful people do is immoral/illegal"

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by raspasov on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:22PM (#28753643)

Oh. Ok.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by theyx on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:22PM (#28753647)

And watch what their family has done to put them in the condition they are today. Most rich people are rich because of inheritance.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by raspasov on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:06AM (#28755665)

Simply receiving an inheritance does not qualify as success, IMO.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by imtringued on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:48AM (#28756873)

Do what the father did.

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Re:Why obsessively following successful people online is dan... by theyx on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:48PM (#28766721)

You are right, but we don't know how "successful" people got where they are. Look at E. Musk, for example. Widely taken as the pinnacle of success, with his education, fortune, "achievements" literally built either on his family's apartheid's fortune or on putting his name on other's successes.

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