Redditor exposes account faking an OpenAI employee with zero professional footprint
mewnor · reddit · 2026-09-15
A Reddit user called out an account falsely claiming to be an OpenAI employee — one with no verifiable professional footprint anywhere online.
The poster flags this as a worrying trend: fake insider identities used to farm clout and trust in the AI community.
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