All of this was contradictory because they were empty sales pitches, not a cancer patient telling their story. (Which has a clear beginning. A place. A middle. A narrative in order. ) The account might have been a scam account run by multiple people.
Your points are good. Esp since you knew the source of the photo to compare. I will try to remember the pointed scammer signs. But don't assume that just because *you* have medical care that everyone does/can get it. Or that the medical insurance in "most western countries" is necessarily any good.
But I DIDN'T know the source of the photo. It required a reverse image search. You can do that in the future too. I don't ASSUME that either. < Nor should you assume I think this. > I was just kicked off Medicare and Disability last week! I'm disabled facing chronic eviction. I CHECK things.
When you are disabled and depend on a faulty system it's deadly to just assume things or blind trust. I just googled to double check whether Medicaid covers Chemo. Literally looked it up while we talked. Check again in 2027 when the Draconian Republican cuts go thru.
I even described a bunch of choke points in the system ( from time to get coverage, delays, waitlists and private cancer hospitals not taking Medicaid.) I've known friends and relatives with cancer. I described problems in nonAmerican public insurance ( waitlists. Esp for specialists).
Who didn't do that, IS the scam post. Because they are a tourist. They don't know these things. You shouldn't have to play "fill in the blanks" with what you think , because someone is deliberately vague. That's a scam technique.
Probably a scam technique, very true. Sometimes it's a language issue. Google translate isn't always as good as it's cracked up to be. But yes, deliberately vague is usually a scam technique and when I'm not working on autopilot, I'll pay more attention.
I am an old, tired, retired, technically-incompetent person who boosts folks in need. If you need to be boosted b/c kicked off Disability & Medicare, either tag me or reply in my Mutual Aid thread & I'll boost you too.
That would be great. There is no shame in being old or not knowing stuff A reverse image search lets you instantly search by picture. On mobile android it's as easy as press on image ( right click) search on Google lens. Google has 2 different services to do this. images.google.com And
O missing post. Lens.google.com You can right click on any image, Open in new tab/ window Copy url www...
Example, your picture is cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/p...
And under "post image link" We get www.google.com/search?vsrid...
Thank. It's not likely to happen. Short-term memory. And I really don't like or trust google. But I'll note it down and see if I can do it when I've recognized some of the red flags in a request post.
You dont have to use Google. Its a feature of many photo services and search engines . imgops.com is a meta one this FIrefox extension can use over 20 different services addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
in the Blurb "The extension helps journalists and researchers verify the authenticity of images, and assists in the identification of false information on social media. "
Just get me a post w/ your details (how much & links to send it). I will be sorry you need it but happy to boost it. I don't have a mobile & google confuses the heck out of me even if I trusted it. I don't have an online account that wasn't created for me by a tech-savvy kid. LOL. But thank you.