Not sure how many people were around four years ago for the original drama, but @storyofrachel@hexbear.net was a banned user from early on the site's history, and I've seen quite a bit of speculation recently that a current frequent poster in c/mutualaid is an alt of hers due to having a similar MO and personal details (such as them both living in the same city)
For context, u/storyofrachel was an unhoused trans woman, who frequently solicited money from the community and had problems with substance abuse. She eventually made a post bragging about scamming money from users here (I myself was one of the users who sent her money) and blowing it on drugs (with a picture of the drugs in question) and a
bunch of homophobic slurs (TW: homophobia, self harm).
If there's any truth to this, it is deeply fucked that this person is still here, evading her ban and scamming people four years later. As one of the people who was taken advantage of previously (and, possibly, again with this current user!), people should at least be able to make an informed decision with all available context. If we want this community to function, and I say this as someone who has sent hundreds of dollars to people over the years through this community, we should be able to guard against bad actors who are trying to take advantage of the compassion and generosity of our user base.
Edit: There's an Instagram with both usernames on it, publicly available. It's 100% the same person. Not going to post it because I don't want anyone to get doxxed but yeah.
Edit edit: I'm going to go touch grass now. Anyone who is being willfully obtuse about why I made this post can read it again or any of my other comments in this thread
Wild if true. Do the redacted parts of that first screenshot line up with the original Rachel? Otherwise just a first name is a bit of a stretch IMO
But if it is the same person coming back after, what, three years to hustle four figure sums from a tiny internet forum is... something
If I knew what Rachel was going by back then I could check, but in any case I don't think the redacted last name is her birth name, and she could have changed her name over time as well
Edit: Someone sent me the name from Rachel's original payment info 4 years ago and it seems like it's her deadname (won't be posting that obviously). Doesn't tell us much one way or the other
There are other details though, like both users being from the same city
Edit edit: it's 100% the same user
Dang, so it is