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by mgrunin 4565 days ago
I don't quite understand were I led anyone here to believe that I am an "entitled, materialistic douchebag". I had an issue on hand with a company, I felt I was being ignored. I was informed that the company is active on this website. I took the initiative to bring my problem to the public.

Regarding my instagram, isn't such a social networking website in existence just to fool around with? Practically all my followers are my college friends and those sort of posts interest them. I just turned 22 for god sakes, you expect for me keep every bit of my life as professional and humble as possible? I am sure many here have done much worse when they were my age.
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dwaltrip 4565 days ago
A social networking site is what you make of it. But if you have public material that is easily searchable, people are likely to judge the content they see. Not that this is relevant to the OP, but since you asked:

I think most people would agree that your instagram page has some extremely materialistic pictures. You tagged the rolex pic with the line "#money #suits #rolex #rkoi" (rkoi = rich kids of instagram).. I would look into making those pics private, because to many people outside your friend group, they come off as super douchey.

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Torquing 4565 days ago
Confidence is often mistaken for arrogance. Success+youth compounds the likelihood.

Props to you for attempting to address many of the detractors, but doing so will take time from your more productive pursuits.

There is some good advice below on lowering your profile a bit until your skin thickens and your manner of expression becomes a bit less brash.

You have good reason to be proud of your success in a legal area that inspires your passion. Keep it up.

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d23 4565 days ago
Just wanted to say that it's unfortunate how people are treating you over all of this. You should feel proud of what you've earned. I think everyone's got their pitchforks out because they think you're creating sockpuppets to fuck with CoinBase. Obviously if that's the case, you are a douchebag, but otherwise, your instagram looks fine for someone in their early 20s.
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rfnslyr 4565 days ago
People judge what they see, and those been had cases videos haha.
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