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It's the same in most communities both online and off. I've met some really strange people in the past; they're rarely malicious (although I've met some who definitely crossed that line) but often I think it starts with an urge to be accepted and a part of something and if you don't have to prove anything, for some people the lie is easy.
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It makes me wonder why is cyclists as a group are susceptible to these people, lfgss has had two notable ones where we bought into people who fabricated so much of their story
Happened on other large forums I've run too.
It's just people... it's not this place, it's just people... they're everywhere.
Probably not the best thread to post this, but wow: https://cyclingtips.com/2022/04/exposed-by-a-strava-kom-the-many-lives-of-a-fake-pro-cyclist/
(Long read)