The ease of access to social media has ushered in a verification era where celebrities can no longer easily hide negative behaviors or character flaws.

“I think we're in an interesting time which I've started to call uh the verification era so like the thing with ellen everyone has you know this equal platform to spread their voice and verify whether or not someone's actually a good person or a bad person right”

Abby argues that other content creators often use public criticism of fellow influencers as a manipulative tool to gain views and improve their own standing at the expense of others.

“they saw an opportunity they saw people getting so mad at this Creator they're like oh I can get viewership off of this if I make a video bashing this Creator then I will get views I will get clout I can get more followers I can get more money”