In 2023, however, Bader appeared noticeably thinner. When some fans asked her whether she'd undergone a procedure, she blocked them. Later that year, she announced that she would no longer be posting about her body. Enter snark subreddits. On Reddit, these forums exist for the sole purpose of calling out internet celebrities, whether they're devoted to dinging the late-night antics of self-described 'hot mess' Alix Earle or venting over Savannah and Cole LaBrant, a family vlogging couple who misleadingly implied that their daughter had cancer. After Bader's refusal to talk about her weight loss, the Remi Bader snark subreddit blew up. Posters weren't upset that Bader had lost weight or had stopped posting about her body size. Instead, they believed Bader the influencer, who'd built her brand on plus-size inclusion in fashion, wasn't being straight with her fans and needed to be taken to account. But completely dismissing snark glosses over the fact that it can serve a purpose. In...
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