Interview · moment 8 of 20
Facebook Creeps and the Mormon Getting Harassed
from Alien School (with Jessa Reed) · #89
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5 minGuest
Jessa describes exposing gross Facebook DMs by screenshotting and tagging senders, and tells the story of her Mormon podcast partner being aggressively sexually harassed by women after a show.
- 33:28Tim and guests discuss getting creepy unsolicited messages from Facebook followers and the practice of publicly tagging harassers
- 34:20Started accepting friend requests on Facebook in 2014 while living in Delaware to build a comedy career, immediately attracted aggressive creeps
- 34:51Began screenshotting harassing messages and tagging senders publicly, turning them into viral mockery—one Bollywood actor deleted his account afterward
- 35:49The harassment stopped at some point, leading to speculation about aging out of being a target online
- 36:08Tim's podcast partner, a sweet Mormon kid, recently experienced extreme sexual harassment from women fans after a show
- 36:29After asking for a place to stay, the Mormon received dozens of messages from women convinced they had a connection with him onstage
- 36:50Woman sent repeated explicit photos including open cervix pictures, kept messaging despite him asking her to stop, eventually had to be blocked
- 37:17Tim says he's never heard of a man experiencing that level of sexual harassment from strangers online