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The BBC have covered Tattle Life many times and every time it’s been a hit job. So to start with I didn’t have much confidence that this latest documentary would be any different.

FullFatTV’s message to Tattle Life users “what motivates them to post” sounded biased. It’s a gossip forum about public figures, a concept that has existed as long as humanity. There’s nothing new or unique about Tattle Life, other than the almost exclusive negative coverage in the media with outright lies.

An individual who said he was Alfie from FullFatTV visited an address I lived at about 6 years ago and spoke to neighbours, telling them they wanted to interview me for a vegan podcast. The neighbours were concerned about the individual's authenticity and reached out to me. I was concerned that the documentary would be a pre-written narrative and would not be professional or balanced.

I’ve spoken to credible professionals openly and candidly about all aspects of Tattle Life. FullFatTV could have spoken to investigative journalist David Rose, who I met in person and has written two articles, with his writing at the Free Speech Union being one of the very few articles on Tattle Life that is based on the truth. https://freespeechunion.org/publications/obtaining-damages-by-deception.pdf

Almost all articles on Tattle Life are misinformation and heavily biased by influencers and their PR who wish to shut down all opinions they dislike. They did not try to speak to David Rose. No professional journalist has wanted to hear my side apart from David Rose. Regardless of what you think about gossiping about influencers, the fact that the media all took influencers point of view without looking for any balance, evidence or basic fact checking should concern anyone that believes in accurate reporting. Hit piece after hit piece with at best approx 5% of them giving the right to reply is not balanced.

I think the BBC having a film crew and an influencer monitoring my elderly parents home, watching their gates, filming them driving their car, filming walking up and ringing their door is gutter media. They know I don’t live there or even in the UK. For the BBC to include doorstopping harassment of pensioners in the documentary is abhorrent. None of this behaviour would have ever been accepted on Tattle Life. Despite the smear campaigns, the rules on Tattle Life are so much stricter than social media.

If anyone on Tattle Life did anything like that they’d be banned promptly. That doesn’t happen on Tattle Life, It wouldn’t be tolerated. Even worse is the BBC making this into a trailer to present it as a gotcha moment to drum up interest in them ringing a pensioners doorbell and a pensioner answering it. My parents have nothing to do with Tattle Life. It’s very telling of the BBC to do exactly what influencers regularly lie to claim tattlers do.

It is still to be explained who was responsible for Reddit leaks that started in late 2024 and posted my identity, my parents town, my parents road name, threats that my parents will be at risk of physical harm when I was unmasked, that I was about to be unmasked, that my sisters primary school aged children would be in danger. These leaks on Reddit knew of my bank accounts being frozen, a PR tour was being planned and had various other information that could have only come from access to my personal banking data. This is only a thin sliver of what was leaked and while I’ve stayed quiet the whole story will come out in due course.

Influencers claim all kinds of the worst things happen on Tattle Life but never with any evidence, because the truth wouldn't win over any support and perpetuate their smear campaign against Tattle Life.

The BBC did not even cover any of the details when the Belfast high court set aside the judgement and their article made it sound quite minor despite covering the initial story in great detail. Please read the full judgement https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/nie/cases/NIHC/KB/2026/20.html
 
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The same BBC who's 'due dilligence' missed the fact Ashley Cain is a massive wrong un, if only they'd googled his name and read his thread here they'd have saved themselves the embarassment!
 
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So, in the trailer, it's SB's elderly parents' house! Why do the BBC and GK Barry think it's acceptable to covertly film elderly private individuals? Will have to presume it made it to the final cut, as it’s in the trailer!

Just totally unacceptable!!!
 
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Hello,

Please find below every comment featured in the documentary and the actual comment. In several case they've shown a small part of the post that transforms it's meaning and they've made various edits such a capitalisation, adding full stops, removing emojis.

Interested to hear your thoughts. For each comment there is a link to the post on Tattle (as context is important) and a link to the correct part of the YouTube video.

TimeText in documentaryActual postPost Link
10I Hate GK Barryurgh I Hate GK Barry everything she does is forced... how is her voice like that when she's from OXFORD none of her family sound like that either. she's so irritating and tries so hard to be 'relatable' and 'funny' by telling stories that never happened for a 'laugh'. like all fairs if she admits she playing a character but she tries to pretend to be genuine. also her recently interviews with Kaz etc show how incapable she is of actually hosting a decent interview. she has no substance and shows how unintelligent she actually is. if she's not 'cracking a joke' (in commas cos there barely ever funny) she doesn't have anything of substance to say and most of the jokes she makes are so insensitive e.g) the things about trans women heights etc. if it was someone saying stuff like this with less of a cult following they would 100% be cancelled immediately16642807
10Stupid cow.The face of Echo Falls slagging off people selling through TikTok shop! She makes her money doing brand deals which is no different to me! Stupid cow.24162601
48Why does she talk out the side of her mouth?Why does she talk out the side of her mouth?14347555
50She has no substanceurgh I Hate GK Barry everything she does is forced... how is her voice like that when she's from OXFORD none of her family sound like that either. she's so irritating and tries so hard to be 'relatable' and 'funny' by telling stories that never happened for a 'laugh'. like all fairs if she admits she playing a character but she tries to pretend to be genuine. also her recently interviews with Kaz etc show how incapable she is of actually hosting a decent interview. she has no substance and shows how unintelligent she actually is. if she's not 'cracking a joke' (in commas cos there barely ever funny) she doesn't have anything of substance to say and most of the jokes she makes are so insensitive e.g) the things about trans women heights etc. if it was someone saying stuff like this with less of a cult following they would 100% be cancelled immediately16642807
54Make her look greasy!Such a coincidence you made this, I went to find her thread today and noticed she was not on here. I really wanted to comment and express how god awful those lights are on her podcast saving grace. They do nothing for her and show every little crease and crack in her makeup and make her look greasy! Her guest Izzy Oakley looked like a giant orange as well9898472
55I'm here to bitch and moan about herI can't and don't want to. I'm here to bitch and moan about her16541637
67She looks like she needs a good wash!She looks like she needs a good wash!16948818
67The extensions look so taxkyI like GK but what has she done with her hair for the live podcast, the extensions look so taxky14024474
69She's dog rough looking tooYou are not alone. I don’t like her either. She’s dog rough looking too.20678287
123As requested, a thread for BowelbroAs requested, a thread for Bowelbro.
He’s a 36 year old with stage 4 bowel cancer, now periodically sharing his writing on Instagram and seemingly trying to get more reach by paying to advertise his page.
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129He hasn't ever looked like a cancer patientHere's a couple of reminders of lies he's told in the past, he hasn't ever looked like a cancer patient, even in these "last few days". I'll be wanting a picture of his cold corpse to believe him!
https://tattle.life/attachments/screenshot_20230906-071346-2-png.2429395/
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131Someone needs to shut this fraud down.Someone needs to shut this fraud down16469386
132This guy will be laughing to the bankI called it weeks ago that something about this was off: he was either going to be miraculously cured or he’d disappear before the ‘end of the story’ so to speak.
So he’s made his bomb of money and poof he’s gone. Bet it was never terminal at all. This guy will be laughing to the bank and will still be around in five years time.
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135Faking terminal cancer? Can he be that dispicable?In view then of the multiple lies he's had exposed, he could be anywhere, any clinic or hospital or a room set up to look like a hospital.
I feel bad doubting a man who may be approaching the end of his "cancer journey" but no one would lie about this would they? Isn't he worried about karma?
I haven't followed this guy closely at all so I'm probably way off the mark but he has talked hearbreakingly and convincingly (IMO) about dying and his sadness for Lisa.
Rich is obviously a bit of a low level scammer and criminal but faking terminal cancer? Can he be that dispicable?
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137He really is a vile disgusting man.He really is a vile disgusting man. Someone asking me why I got blocked recently as they wanted to know & others ?! I actually can’t remember why he did but what a dumb question because he blocks anyone for genuinely asking a question, he sees no sense or reasoning just Blocks away I guess he has to be the biggest and best at everything so he’s the best blocker around16089726
138The hospice wont see a penny of that money.....The hospice wont see a penny of that money…..15010888
139He is a complete fraud.Everything this guy comes out with is bullshit. He is a complete fraud. Its ALL LIES. Hes not on deaths door in anyway.15086648
155He underestimated the intelligence and skills hereWould have enjoyed watching the live, he can’t respond to the points raised here without digging himself in deeper - his sudden need for privacy is bizarre it’s all very very odd but well done tattlers on all the digging you have done ! I really think he thinks we are a bunch of sad middle aged women with nothing in our life’s he was wrong and he underestimated the intelligence and skills here (as well as the age range !)14506286
155Rich, you are a little weasel and we caught youHahaha I love that we know he’s reading here.
Rich, you are a little weasel and we caught you, and you can’t even respond because to do so would be to admit you’re reading this.

Thanks for the tip about Stephanie Weaver!
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It is now showing his book as sold out.

What’s the conclusion? Did he lie about cancer? Or simply exaggerate? Why do his family all have companies that have been dissolved from lack of accounts (St Andrews Care LTD is also gone).
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161You are a NOBODY. Get over yourself!Also

“I want to leave a legacy”

Mate. You are a NOBODY. You are a completely average guy, no one knows who you are, no one outside of your own family actually gives a shit. You are just 1 of THOUSANDS of people with cancer. Get over yourself! Your ego is ridiculous.
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169He just looks too healthy for someone so close to the end of his life.i agree. I listened to podcast scamanda, this is exactly what she did and then miraculously it went 👀
I did too. He just looks too healthy for someone so close to the end of his life. My ex husband died from liver cancer within 6 months off diagnosis, he was nearly unrecognisable to me, and it was rapid.
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172Do I believe hes going to die from cancer before the end of the year? NO FUCKING CHANCE.This guy has zero integrity and zero self respect. Hes so desperate for attention its painful to watch.

I dont believe a single thing that comes out of his mouth.

Did he have bowel cancer? Yes. I believe he DID have a bowel cancer diagnosis. See Rich, you can drop your narrative that we are claiming you lied about it entirely. But do I believe he still has cancer now? No. Do I believe hes got “terminal” cancer? Nooe. Do I believe hes going to die from cancer before the end of the year? NO FUCKING CHANCE.
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176The man is a crookWhat a joke. He was a crook and a nasty man. He did diddly squat to raise any cancer awareness. The world is a better place since he departed. Fate couldn’t have happened to a better person, he got everything he deserved.17470851
177He is playing us for fools.Please don't shoot me down... Although I said up thread that I felt sad for the situation he is in because it is tragic - if it's true 🤯
There is still a niggling doubt in my mind that he is playing us all for fools. No idea why he would do that but I can't shake it off.
No wish to offend anyone but we are very open on here and I needed to let it out x
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178The police are watching him.I’m another non believer! I think he is a compulsive liar and he just can’t help himself. I don’t believe he is in EOL, even if he is I don’t feel bad as he is a con man, a liar and a fraud! He preys on the vulnerable, he lies and he tells stories then has an outburst when he gets found out!
It’s not beyond possible that this whole thing is a scam or a fraud and I think that ‘Lisa’ is compliant with whatever it is he is doing!
I think he will disappear and it’s just around the corner.
He has god wind that the police are watching him.
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180He's off on his flight to Brazil with the moneyUCH a strange photo to make a banner out of?! Standing waiting in an airport?! Could they not have chosen a nicer or more candid pic?
He’s off on his flight to Brazil with the money saying see ya later mutha fuckers!!!!!
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182I'll be wanting a picture of his cold corpse to believe him!Here's a couple of reminders of lies he's told in the past, he hasn't ever looked like a cancer patient, even in these "last few days". I'll be wanting a picture of his cold corpse to believe him!
https://tattle.life/attachments/screenshot_20230906-071327-2-png.2429396/
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207Wouldn’t he be in a funeral home local to his house by now? Maybe we can call around and arrange to see him to pay our respects. 😂Wouldn’t he be in a funeral home local to his house by now? Maybe we can call around and arrange to see him to pay our respects😂16870765
214TELLING YA. fool ain't deadWhat the bloody hell is that hairdo
For a book
that the publisher have said they have NO IDEA WHEN ITS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED

TELLING YA. Dick ain’t dead. Thats him posting.
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214Do they not hae a death certificate yet??I think it’s incomprehensible to most people which is why everyone is so confused by it all. But it would seem from his past that he doesn’t have a conscience around lying and taking money from people for his own gain. He’s obviously someone who believes in money above all else and because of that his life was/will be deeply unhappy and disappointing.
The cremation is throwing me because I’m not sure how you can book a slot without relevant paperwork but who knows.
Do they not have a death certificate yet??
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217i am also really tempted to do a few drive bys of their halloween house to see if he is rea;;y dead.I got bored so checked tittle. Someone was blocked for no reason 3 days after Richard's passing and has a book on order. why would lisa block someone 3 days after her husband's passing? why are people still being randomly blocked? im starting to wonder if lisa and richard really were in it together and she is continuing to scam even after his death. i am also really tempted to do a few drive bys of their halloween house to see if he is rea;;y dead. or perha[s go and view the property17257690
289I'll believe he's dead when I see a certified and notarized death certificate.Wait, so he's knocking on death's door and - in his final hours on this mortal coil - he's posting about his book on Instagram?
I'll believe he's dead when I see a certified and notarized death certificate.
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289I dont belive hes dead."Am probably over thinking this but - crematorium reservation, memorial post - cannot all these things be created by anyone who knows what they are doing on a computer?
It could all be fake couldn't it? I'm not saying he's not dead, I'm just saying I am still completely confused.
NNL passes and it hits the papers in Eastern Europe, this guy dies and less than ten people comment condolences.
I've seen nothing yet that confirms he has passed. But if he has then I hope he can RIP."
I dont belive hes dead. its all just far too convenient and like you say, only
2 people making any mention of it, all coming from “lisa” who sounds suspiciously like Richard in all “her” posts……..!
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294Well the thread lives on and as for Dicky, where art thou?Well the thread lives on and as for Dicky, where art thou?16908179
297What a wild ride its beenI only found this thread a couple of days and have been lurking but what a wild ride its been in these few days!16755380
449Is this a joke?(no message like this was posted on tattle)#N/A
450This is 100% a trap.This is 100% a trap like others have said on the first page of this thread. Doubt anyone will and hopefully no tattler is that stupid enough to agree to be filmed or even bother to email them. Even if they do, it’ll be biased towards all these influencers literally helping them produce this as usual. Wasn’t it Liv Attwood who did one in the past? The last influencer who can speak on people gossiping about others when she publicly slags people off all the time and was horrendous on love island and towie. Even Grace slags people off constantly but the few of us who have contributed to her very dead thread (1 thread which is about a third of the way through btw) are the ones in the wrong. The hypocrisy is unreal with influencers24383635
452Have a feeling that the coverage is going to be very one sided and biased.By the way I have checked the TikTok that GK Barry posted when she was encouraging Tattlers to contact her and the people who were saying in the comments that they were going to contact her 2 of them have threads on here. Therefore, I have a feeling that the coverage is going to be very one sided and biased given how the only people who have contacted her have threads on here.24491003
467I can only imagine what a load of bile this "documentary" or should I say hit job will be.I can only imagine what a load of bile this "documentary" or should I say hit job will be.24266521
932Awful and so tacky.Awful and so tacky.
She really has ruined her face too.
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932What does she do for a living?What does she do for a living ?178943
934THE VAIN, SELF ABSORBED, SELFISH SHALLOW SLUT...THE VAIN, SELF ABSORBED, SELFISH SHALLOW SLUT...

Following on from the caption saying how she has no need to use a filter on herself anymore, follows stories with her kids, WITH A FILTER!!!!

How does she warrant the title of MUM....??? BOILS MY PISS, DISGRACE OF A WOMAN!
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990Shes toooo slim!!! Her arm!!!Facts!!!!!
Shes toooo slim!!! Her arm!!!
She looks tiny.
She will of picked up Sophies eating habbits
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996Why is princess wearing heels that look like stripper heels!!Why is princess wearing heels that look like stripper heels!! 😔😔😔24148876
999It was making me feel sick watching her.It’s so sick how she probably in bed posting things like this while Princess is on TikTok live clearly intoxicated and on something, I had to go off it was making me feel sick watching her. You can tell how young she is by her friends too. It’s so so sad
https://tattle.life/attachments/img_9728-jpeg.3879871/
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1000Dressed like tacky prositute dolls.Her eldest daughter over acts lol so false and fake should be in school not dressed like tacky prositute dolls7046498
1003The oldest one looks dead behind the eyes.I think those girls have been traumatised because of what they have witnessed with their skanky 'mother' The oldest one looks dead behind the eyes. I don't think for one minute that they are flying under SS radar either. Educational welfare will be involved and they work closely with SS and child protection services. SS thresholds are high but just give them time. Poor kids.8005890
1004Ugly ducklings.I remember Katie Hopkins commenting on them when the bling up my baby show aired 😂😂😂😂
Those comments were bang on. Ugly ducklings.
Dunno, in my opinion you gotta be a warrior to Nosh off old men openly , setting a slaggy example for your kids with 2 diff dads lol personally I would find it soul destroying. Warrior she is. Goddess though? Nah.. just a canvey sket.
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1023anyone seen her Tik tok post about here?anyone seen her Tik tok post about here?
also the one about her liking older men? 🤢
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1026She's choosing to read clearly... she's making a choice.She’s choosing to read here clearly. I get your point and completely understand it however she’s making a choice. I know myself that i am commenting on the fact P is the way she is because of Sophie’s parenting skills. I have nothing against a 14 year old my heart breaks for her tbh it’s a sad state of affairs19333093
1030Odd it makes her feel sick to her stomach that they're posted here when she's the one posting them for all to see in the first place.I don’t agree with her pics being posted on here but odd it makes her feel sick to her stomach that they’re posted here when she’s the one posting them for all to see in the first place, they’re not private images.19330981
1034Maybe if she didn’t play up to it, we wouldn’t comment. Princess - put some sensible clothes on.Maybe if she didn’t play up to it, we wouldn’t comment. Princess - put some sensible clothes on, stop with the lashes/nails/filler at your young age, a CHILD as you say, stop acting like your mother who has let you down. What you’ve seen and endured is not normal. Also get back to school, you wouldn’t be bullied if your ‘amazing, caring’ mother wasn’t sus.

Your parent (you say your dad doesn’t speak to you in another video) let you wear it as your mother is disgusting.
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1047They are all canvey chavs. All three of them.They are all canvey chavs. All three of them. Sophie should be ashamed of herself for bringing up her children like that. Vile.24260748
1231Sophie has blood on her hands if that young girl has died.God only knows what demons that young girl has been battling! I truly believe it was only a matter of time, she has been exploited in the worst way by the one person who was supposed to always protect her! I also believe that any abuse she has she took it to save it from precious as she was the older one which imo is why Precious appears alot more stable because she maybe hasn't been abused as much as princess & also why their so close as they both know what they have been through together! Unfortunately sophie has blood on her hands if that young girl has died xxx24275112
1235Only one person to blame is the ma.Only one person to blame is the ma. Shambles of a mum btw horrible24275411
1237Sophie’s parenting killed princessThe harsh reality is Tattle didn’t kill princess.. Sophie’s parenting killed princess24294316
1271Sophie failed Princess.Exactly my thoughts! Sophie failed Princess as did social services and school/college. Hopefully an inquest would look into her parenting and find how she slipped through the net of a known unstable mother who had them both removed from her care once before24294702
1274You should hang your head in shame.I've spent the last couple of days reading through all the threads. I hope anyone who comes here does the same, as they will see what an appalling mother Sophie has been. She exploited those girls from birth. Zero safeguarding. The sheer amount of emotional abuse that those kids have lived with is INSANE - an emotionally immature parent, parentification, emotional incest, toxic codependency, enmeshment. The list is endless and horrifying.

And that's before we even get to the physical and sexual abuse poor Princess clearly endured.

Sophie, there is only one person to blame for your beautiful daughter's demise, and that's you. You should hang your head in shame.
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1276Don’t ever show your face on the internet again."All the recent posts for them all are full of Sophie’s sex worker friends. They had no hope being surrounded by people like that."
Zero chance in life. All those vain tarts constantly talking about men, money. Like that is the main goal in life. Sanity comes before vanity. Yet every single one of them encouraged princess to follow their advice. Sophie with her stupid remarks about pissing men off but still getting the bag. Grow up. You had impressionable young ears listening to your bollox and you could not put aside your own need and greed to be a responsible mother. You’re a disgrace. I hope this one grieves in peace and for gods sake don’t ever show your face on the internet again.
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Stats on the two threads featured and how much content from each thread was included in the documentary:
Bowel Bro
On Tattle10,144 posts960,780 words10'144 attachments
In Doc26 posts256 words0 attachments
Sophie May Dickson
On Tattle11,357 posts624,774 words11'357 attachments
In Doc20 posts186 words0 attachments

Let me know if you notice any mistakes, or anything I've missed.

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I'm so cross about this, and feel like my eyes have been opened to the outright lies that are told on national TV. I just can't understand why not one journalist (apart from the Free Press guy) has actually read any of the threads and said err hang on a minute GKB's thread is boring, notadoc Jess is telling outrageous 'lightly fictionalised' stories with no evidence to show, and Chris Ingham is dodgy as f.

Tattle has been a real life-line for me. A few years ago when I was very ill with breast cancer I found this site after reading about the appalling behaviour of Alice Evans (resulting in a restraining order against her), and spent many hours reading it while I couldn't do much else. I'm not a big SM user, and Tattle seemed much more sensible and balanced than the other sites. I honestly feel angry and rather protective of us Tattlers and want to tell GKB and the BBC how very wrong they are, but we're not supposed to take it off Tattle are we?
 
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The same BBC who's 'due dilligence' missed the fact Ashley Cain is a massive wrong un, if only they'd googled his name and read his thread here they'd have saved themselves the embarassment!
The same BBC that cover up for an entire pweirdo ring they’ve got going on tbf. They’ve never been morally just.

That being said, although I’m not surprised they’ve kept their weird stalking and harassment of an innocent elderly couple in this doc it’s still despicable!
 
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For anyone having a bit of a nosey after that interview...
No one posts addresses
No one posts schools
This is probably the most heavily modded places on the Internet.
 
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For full transparency here is the request and response for the right of reply for This Morning

Request:

Good Afternoon,

Tomorrow (Wednesday 1st July) on This Morning we will speaking to GK Barry regarding her documentary 'GK Barry: Toxic Gossip'. During the chat GK Barry will make references and claims about Tattle Life including the following:
“It calls itself an anonymous forum where you can hold celebs accountable. It said at the start that it was about highlighting influencers and celebrities who didn’t announce adverts and brand collaborations on their social media. But it’s turned into a place where you can just slate people, a breeding ground for hate.”

"You have to have an account to post, but it’s always anonymous. And anyone can read it, even without accounts. The police can’t do anything because of the anonymity - you can trace the IP address, but not the user, and there are just so many people using it, it’s too many for them to try and find.”

"...the comments can be on anything....even talking about and identifying your family and friends."

"All of the other celebs and influencers I’ve spoken to about it have tried to contact Tattle about the content, especially when it reveals addresses, or talks about their children, but not one of them has got a reply. But they can moderate things - I learnt in the documentary that Tattle moderators can edit posts from anyone, which they’ve done in a few cases after they start to get heat, so why aren’t they doing it all the way through?”
In the documentary, Grace learns about ‘Bowelbro’, aka Richard Davies, who used social media to document his battle with terminal stage 4 bowel cancer and raise awareness about the disease. However, there was a thread on Tattle about him, with trolls targeting Richard himself, his wife and his medical team, claiming his cancer was a hoax - even sending letters to his wife after his death in September. “Even up until the day he died, people were ringing his hospice saying he was a fraud. When he passed, people sent letters to his wife, saying ‘I hope you two enjoy the money you’ve raised’, accusing them of faking his death. Before he died, he sent an email to Tattle with evidence of his cancer diagnosis - and he never got a reply.”

Princess Dickson was just 16-years-old when she tragically took her own life earlier this year. She was the daughter of influencer Sophie-May Dickson. Whilst Tattle Life’s terms and conditions say it prohibits posts or comments about the children of public figures, Princess was allegedly the subject of horrible abuse on the site, which contributed to her suicide. Grace spoke to Sophie-May not long after Princess’ death. “It was really harrowing speaking to Sophie, she was in shock. One of their rules is that you can’t speak about people’s children, but before Princess died, all of the comments about her were vile. As soon as she died, the moderators had gone in and changed things, so it looked like there was nothing to put up a fuss about.”

Grace doesn’t think Tattle Life will ever go away altogether but hopes there can be more regulation. “It will never disappear, it is here to stay. But I would love to push for more accountability for the users, and less anonymity. You have to be accountable for things you’ve said, and reduced anonymity would hopefully stop the amount of awful things posted.”

We would like to offer you the Right of Reply to the above allegations. Please let me know if you have a statement you would like to provide and this will be fairly reflected during the interview tomorrow. Ideally, we would appreciate your statement by 7:30 PM this evening. The absolute deadline for inclusion is 9:00 AM tomorrow, Wednesday 1st July.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries.


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This statement is provided on basis that it's read / shown in it's entirety without any truncation, please get in touch if this is not possible.

Hate is a very strong word for what is overwhelmingly gossip and criticism of influencers.

The police have been in contact twice over the 8 years of Tattle Life's existence. Once was when someone posted Mrs Hinch’s house showing a H in the brickwork that she’d made public knowledge. This was deleted within an hour of being reported. It’s worth noting that the Daily Mail doxxed my parents and posted a far more intrusive picture of their house and influencers such as Donna Sands reposted this doxx. The other time police in Ireland asked for the personal details of a handful of users, which we didn’t comply with as it would break data protection rules handing over data without a legal basis. We did investigate these users' posts to make sure the messages were fair commentary of a public figure, and they were.

Sometimes influencers' family and friends are mentioned but this is almost always because they’ve turned their life into a reality TV show where these family members are side characters.

Every report is taken seriously and any content that is a privacy risk is removed promptly. However, influencers almost always demand every single post about them be deleted and they rarely identify any individual offending post. It’s important to correctly report the specific post that may overstep the mark as moderators can’t examine tens of thousands of posts to identify the concern in a generic take down report.

There is a long and complicated story with “bowel bro” that spans nearly 10’000 messages. Someone would need to read it all to see the full story. This includes a 60k gofundme for treatment that was unaccounted for, the purchase of a Ferrari, people being blocked for asking for a refund after buying his book, “bowel bro” doxxing tattlers on his social media, claims “bowel bro” was contacting tattlers employers, issues with debts from previous business ventures, attributing weight loss to cancer and not disclosing weight loss surgery, looking at Brazilian property, someone breaking into his house 3 times in a week and urinating on belongings. It appears that some doubted the cancer diagnosis or its severity but that was because he was caught out lying so they were never sure what was the truth. We’ve had no email with a diagnosis. He did send emails saying he had permanently deleted his social media account. However “bowl bro’s” social media account came back a day later, if he had deleted it then the threads would have been locked. No one has posted on Tattle Life to say they sent him a letter, so that can’t be taken as a fact. Given the complicated situation, where is the scrutiny rather than the assumption that everything is from Tattle?

Reports of “Awful posts” are subjective and without context or by truncating posts skews the voice and intent. Anonymity is not a new concept and not unique to Tattle Life. Anonymity enables individuals to report concerns about wrongdoing without fear of retaliation or harassment from influencers.
 
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Yel

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There's no denying that some comments are nasty, that's not unique to tattle. People are happy to be just as nasty under their own name on Facebook.

I think it says it all that 20 parts of posts out of 11'357 were used. They chose a tiny amount of content to back up the story they wanted to tell. It wasn't balanced, fair or objective.

Some of the comments are more understandable if you click to read them in the thread and the circumstances they were posted in.

It is hard to accurately tell a complicated story but quite a few of the edits shouldn't have ever made it in to, what's calling itself, a documentary.

Not once did this GK ask why such comments were said and in what context. It was presented as people trolling for fun when there was questionable behaviour from the influencers.
 
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tattle admin

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In the BBC documentary they stated:
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A reply was issued to say a significant amount of time was needed to read posts. The time frames offered were short and it was not possible to issue a broadcast ready reply within that.

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The two threads they wanted comments on involved 1,575,554 words and 21'501 attachments. I felt I needed longer than the times offered to understand exactly what the full story was behind both threads. The first message sent on a Monday, wanted the response that Friday.
 
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TubeTired

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Hey, BBC3, here you go as far as 'influencers' go: We post because the people pretend they're being authentic and they're full of shite. They advertise things and don't claim them. They act like holding up their phone/camera is the hardest life. And worst of all, they grift money from working people by emotionally manipulating them so they can continue not being a productive member of society. We just see through it, that's all.
 
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Ooh the comments on the This Morning instagram post with this clip on are quite funny and quite alarming.

There’s one one there calling us bullies because we laughed about Stacey Solomon getting a free Sunday roast 😂😂

there’s quite a few people going ‘it’s gossip 🤷🏾‍♀️

one man is alleging bowelbro stole his life savings 🤔

one woman is like ‘it’s a site of negativity and nastiness (paraphrasing)’ and someone’s went ‘no it’s not’ and she’s replied ‘well it’s not like there are any positive filled threads and comments are there?’ And the person has went

‘there’s literally an entire rave section with four hundred thousand comments on it’

DEAD!💀
 
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MeghanSnarkle

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What makes tattle any different to any of the other gossip forums? Them seem to think that we are a bunch of people that need to be studied
Its the bit that says 'what motivates them to post'

I'm sorry but its really not rocket science or that deep
we could be posting here because we love The Traitors and want to live react as the show goes out, we could be moved by a recent news story and want to deep dive into that current topic and get different perspectives, we may want some support through the pregnancy thread or new mum advice, we may want to rave about a make up product or actor we fancy, we could want a moan about weird neighbours or crap dates, its pretty clear from the thread titles what motivates posters to join in ... they have something to contribute.

Thats obviously not the answer BBCThree want though is it
They clearly want to YET AGAIN discuss influencers and why the public wants to hold them to account, its ALWAYS about the bloody content creators and why people share strong or negative opinions about them on here.

Very frustrating but i suppose Zara McDermott needs another pay cheque sooo ... 🙄
 
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Trixie747

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PLOT TWIST GK Barry started her own Tattle thread because no one else had ever heard of her! 🤣🤣🤣
 
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UnicornBubble

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Funny how Cat Deeley & Ben Shephard don't seem to have Tattle threads. Probably because they've spent years doing the job they were hired to do, keep their private lives fairly private, and aren't constantly flogging products or chasing drama…
 
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MsGilmore

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Ben Shepherd clearly didn’t agree with her and was trying to be tactful! She was smirking like the sly person that she is. Not an honest bone in her body.
Heaven forbid women should have opinions and air them without being paid to do so! I have no interest in where these twats live. Just their dishonesty in the name of money.
 
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byefeliciax

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I’ve had one of my comments edited on a thread before because I used language that wasn’t acceptable here (sorry about that!). Even swear words are censored to those without accounts. This is one of the most heavily moderated Internet spaces I’ve ever known!

When it comes to sharing personal information, in my experience, Tattlers are very cautious about confidentiality of children, so posting schools seems very unlikely to me. They even blur the faces of children in screenshots, because their own parents (who exploit them for clicks) will not!

The only thread I’ve ever seen that took things way too far at times was Becki Jones. Her threads are now closed with a warning not to start talking about her here again, or it will result in a ban (I hope saying her name doesn’t count!).

GK was chatting absolute breeze on This Morning, it didn’t even look like she believed half of what she was saying herself. She’s just being paid to push an agenda isn’t she.
 
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