Literally fake

I had stopped using reddit and will soon vanish again, but this is too egregious to not say anything.

175 comments, 2400 upvotes and not a single one noticing (or caring) that it’s OP who’s bullshitting the public here. The screenshot with

Account based in: Mumbai, India

is a fake. If the wrong icon didn’t already give it away:

The recently introduced location feature on X does not and has never displayed cities. Only countries or, if you opt out in the settings, wider regions. Neither do I know nor do I care where the person behind that account was born, lives and tweets from, in any case OP’s claim

in that exact case it first was India, then they started to use VPN and show it as Poland

is made up. The presented "evidence" is a meme used all over the internet in different contexts. Ironically, the only use of it relating to "Based Poland" I could find – and where I assume OP took it from – is an account "Fortress of Europe". Which is run from Canada.

Conveniently, to not hurt the rage-baiting scoop, the second screenshot omits the

Connected via: Poland Android App

at the bottom, which to my understanding is a much more reliable and harder to manipulate indicator of the actual location than "Account based in".

Now, does that prove the opposite, that "Based Poland" lives in Poland, is Pole (if they ever claimed that, which I don’t know)? Of course not. It might be an Indian in India, one of many genuine Indians living in Poland, an Indian living in Poland paid by the FSB, a Russian behind a VPN, or even a Nigerian who only cares about the bimonthly X payout.

Whatever it is, the quoted reddit post is a lie. And without exception, everyone fell for it. That’s concerning.

Especially since at least some of the commenters claimed to be well familiar with what’s happening on X, yet failed to spot that this is very obviously not a genuine screenshot, because it can’t be.

Confirmation bias is dangeorous, guys. I understand OP’s story sounds good, but if you’re worried about disinformation online, working on that, being critical even if something aligns with your expectations, is the best protection.