Fake AI leak accounts make $2k/month, and farmers laugh at their followers
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-11-09
An AI community insider explains that posting fake model "leaks" is a genuinely lucrative engagement-farming path: he claims such accounts pull in about $2,000/month by publishing content that is "common sense or bullshit," yet followers keep liking it and asking for more.
His sharpest observation: the people behind fake leaks openly mock their audience in group chats, amazed at how easily people fall for it — a stark look at the broken incentives between credibility and monetization in the AI leak ecosystem.
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