“If you scroll through the reviews on this podcast, a pattern becomes clear. This podcast has been getting more 1 star reviews in recent months than it ever had in 2019. This is because Mark has decided to go down the typical wellness influencer route when realized that he can capitalize on the culture war disaster, instead of sticking with what he originally became known for (peddling relationship advice).
But no one is really surprised that a man who was previously a pharmacutical sales representative-turned-wellness-guru, a man, who feels qualified to give relationship advice to a mostly women following, has sniffed out a bigger, more lucrative opportunity: peddling fear to and misinformation to a more “Q-adjacent” following. Mark is trading out his previous audience for the conspirituality bunch, possibly because he can sow fear into his new audience which keeps his audience more captivated than ever by his content.
When I said commented in disagreement on a post on Marks IG page recently, he retaliated by saying “usually the people who are most enraged in the comment section are enrolled by a narrative and/or are just bots anyway.” Then, seemingly in response to the heat he was taking over the same post, he shared a story with the quote “you can’t be a people pleaser and a people leader.”
So, when I offend Mark, I’m a bot shilling for “their” narrative. But when he receives criticism for spreading misinformation that compromises the immunosuppressed community, it’s because he is a people leader.”
Ancient Seed via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/12/23