What 1.2 Million Followers Taught me About Online Authenticity

And how my “be authentic” experiment failed under the weight of a huge following

Carter Gibson

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If you know me, you’re probably already super confused by this title.

If you don’t know me, I used to spend hours — steadily and over the course of several years — trying to show online strangers who…

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Carter Gibson

Community Management strategist & Program Manager | Internal Community Programs Lead @ Google | Excitable Geek | Lover of spectacle | I write about my passions