The ever-mounting enshittification of the social media experience in the 2020s is continuing with each passing moment, particularly on X, where wildly misleadingly and frequently outright false clips have proliferated as of late.
Unwittingly ensnared in this trend, which one could easily argue is fueled by rage bait-minded engagement tactics, are a number of stars who might want to suit up for some defamation lawsuit action, including (but certainly not limited to) Cardi B and Offset.
Streamer JasonTheWeen also recently highlighted this growing issue in an interview with Complex, calling out clip pages on X, and elsewhere, for using “fake captions” to drive false narratives about himself and other public figures.
Of course, we’ve already advised you on the best practices to combat such bullshit through the lens of AI slop, but this latest wrinkle in the collapse of social media is a bit more nuanced.
Below, we take a closer look while remaining fully aware that this very article might itself end up being misleadingly presented in future X posts.
What the fuck is happening on X?
The current trend, asinine though it may be, is having real impact. In short, what we’re talking about here are clips—often taken from celebs’ IG Stories, or similar sources—which are shared on X, the once great platform formally known as Twitter before its Elon Musk-ification, alongside claims of their contents that are at best misleading and at worst abject bullshit.
In one example, shared by @obsrvate on X this week and seen here, it’s falsely claimed that Cardi B went live on Instagram and revealed that Offset, to quote the post, “tried to reach out to her after he got shot and asked her to borrow $400k to get back on his feet but she refused.”
The accompanying clip, however, shows no such thing. Furthermore, the clip appears to be taken from a video originally shared in January of this year, i.e. the same one we covered for decidedly different reasons at the time.
This is far from the only example of this approach in action. The @obsrvate account, specifically, which presently has around 15,000 followers on the platform, has shared numerous posts in this vein, including several more that make false claims about Cardi and Offset, and more recently, D4vd and Playboi Carti.
Just in case we haven’t made it entirely clear, the claims being called out in this piece are indeed fake.
Complex has attempted to make contact with the owner of the account, which is not labeled as parody and erroneously bills itself as the “most credible news source,” for comment.
Paired with the frequent presenting of old clips as recent by a slew of accounts on the platform, this is no doubt contributing to the increasingly frustrating experience of being an X user in 2026.
What is there to gain from such nonsense?
Aside from mere engagement, that’s hard to say. In the instances highlighted above, the angle appears to center on an effort to prey on those who simply read a post’s claims and regurgitate them without actually bothering to watch the clips themselves.
In a recent interview with Complex, streamer JasonTheWeen highlighted the ongoing problem of shit-stirring clip pages on X and elsewhere.
“Clip pages nowadays, especially on Twitter [and] TikTok, they're paid by Stake or Dollar Tree,” he said when asked to pinpoint “the most toxic part” of the current streaming space. “They put false captions and stir this narrative, whether it be me or a different streamer. It just creates such a big impression somehow because, I guess, it's just out of the ordinary. Like, ‘Oh, this dude's getting cheated on’ when the dude is not even getting cheated on.”
He continued: “Whether it be relationship or brazy-ass allegations, right? Like a year or two ago, there was none of that, right? There were clips, but there was barely any false caption clips that created narratives, whether it be me or my friends or streamers or even celebrities. I'm gonna be honest, I see them and I just instantly scroll because you can't pay any attention unless it's like some crazy-ass allegation. … I think the best approach is to not give it attention.”
Relatedly, JasonTheWeen threatened legal action this month over an X post falsely claiming that he and Pokimane were “directly involved” with D4vd’s ongoing murder case.
What guardrails does X have in place?
X’s Community Notes feature is said to be aimed at creating “a better informed world by empowering people on X to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading posts.” As of this writing, the fake claims-centered posts referenced in this article do not carry Community Notes.
The platform’s policies, as detailed here, also state that users are barred from sharing “inauthentic media, including manipulated or out-of-context media that may result in widespread confusion on public issues, impact public safety, or cause serious harm.” Enforcement of consequences for such violations, per X, depends on both “the severity” of the actions and “any previous history.”
How can I verify whether an X post, or any social media claim, is accurate?
We’ve already been through this a few times, but here’s another reminder: Always check the source of a claim you’re jumping to believe, being particularly careful not to fall for AI-generated fakery or human-made fabrications.
For a closer look at how to dodge bullshit in what one might call the “post-truth era,” see below.
