A Sea of Blue editor Tristan Pharis shared a frightening allegation on Twitter about Louisville resident Kamari Lands who was the victim of a catfish on Netflix
The fact that the fan went over and beyond by taking photos of their chat, blowing them up, and creating posters off of them to be exhibited at games, makes this even more alarming. Pharis made a remark below his tweet to clarify that he not only does not support harassment of any type but also that those screenshots were allegedly shared anonymously in the student section before Monday’s game.
The Duke student section states that the screenshots were “anonymously shared” with the student prior to the game, according to Pharis, who reported the information she had received. Although she hasn’t seen any evidence of the latter, she still wants to be open.
Male Duke fan decides to catfish Kamari Land on Tinder and leaks messages of chat
A Duke fan went to the extent of creating a fake Tinder account and catfished Louisville’s Kamari Land.
Here a sign from the student section that features screenshots of the conversation…
📸: @AdamRoweTD pic.twitter.com/Sjg4db7Jez
— Tristan Pharis (@TristanUda) February 21, 2023
The Cameron Crazies posterized Kamari Land’s Tinder profile and a conversation he had with a match in Durham on Sunday. The Louisville players and coaching staff can’t help but smile and laugh. pic.twitter.com/6otqWc42UF
— Brooks Holton (@brooksHolton) February 20, 2023
The further story
According to reports, NBA player Donovan Mitchell saw the viral photos of his alma mater’s unfortunate incident and responded by laughing at them. According to Brooks Holton of the Courier-Journal, Lands’ teammates and coaches noticed the placard during Monday’s game and then started laughing at him. Lands asked his Tinder if they planned to meet him at his team’s hotel as they were wrapping off their talk. Evidently, they didn’t reply to him.
This is unsettling fan behaviour, and it’s equally distressing for anyone who thinks it’s funny to joke about. Lands has undoubtedly learned a good lesson about the drawbacks of social media and dating apps, but this is more relevant to those who want to gain notoriety by using the names of athletes. or not a student.
How bored must you be to attempt to catfish someone simply because they play for your rival school? People no longer feel the need to be cautious about what they say or do because of social media. It doesn’t matter if this could have been worse; the fact remains that it shouldn’t have happened in the first place. How strange it is that people do strange actions just to seek their fifteen seconds of fame.