This reminds me of those cases where creators have faked illnesses to market their work and get attention through sympathy, which usually goes horribly wrong. F

This reminds me of those cases where creators have faked illnesses to market their work and get attention through sympathy, which usually goes horribly wrong. For instance, folks like Belle Gibson here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-32420070 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-32420070 Or the folks documented here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/03/03/the-disturbing-case-of-the-bloggers-who-fake-death-and-disease-for-attention/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/03... Or the example that reminded me of this, when a Super Mario World modder faked having cancer so famous YouTubers like ProtonJon and Raocow would play his ROM hack on their channels. I guess that would be the logical extreme of this behaviour. Just flat out making up a sob story to get attention for your work if you don't have an actual one to market.