A woman has divided the internet by revealing the self-confessed "toxic" way that she and her friends keep tabs on men.
"Me and a few of my girlfriends share a fake Instagram to creep people," @esraroseaa revealed in a now-viral TikTok video. "This Instagram we’ve really worked on over the past few years. It looks real. Any time an ex or a current guy, we need to creep them or who they follow, we use this account. So toxic."
Watch the TikTok below:Since the video was posted three days ago, it has been viewed over two million times and received over 290K likes and over 6K comments.
It was captioned: "Yes I know it's toxic, every girl has a fake account, and yes I've talked to my therapist about it and she doesn't approve #fyp #toxic".
The comments section, however, was divided, with many revealing that they and their friends have a similar fake Instagram profile for stalking purposes and saying that it's a very useful thing to have and others who simply agreed that it was toxic behavior.
TikTok user Tanya Marie wrote alongside a laughing emoji: "I'm not seeing the toxic.. i'm seeing safe. I am seeing smart. its actually brilliant. you girls have unlocked the key to it all [sic]."
A second wrote: "I did it with a snap account and got the snap score high and I do [it] to anyone I'm speaking to catch them out [and] caught my ex cheating on it."
A third, while acknowledging that it was toxic behavior, simultaneously saw the upside to it: "It may be 'toxic' but none of y'all are gunna get duped & honestly I think that's great. One less unnecessary heart break [sic]."
A fourth tagged their friends with a similar sentiment, writing: "toxic and I love it."
Meanwhile, a fifth revealed how they had used this very tactic to get revenge on their ex.
They wrote: "I made my ex fall back in love with me after he cheated and broke my heart and then I rejected him and made him hear about my guy problems."
What do you think of this behavior? Is it toxic or a stroke of genius?
