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The Dark Side of Going Viral Nobody Talks About.
A first-year teacher, two days into the job, posts a video saying his students can't read. Five million views later, and then it gets taken down. Everyone's got an opinion on what he said. Almost nobody's talking about what happened to him after.
This episode uses Darius Williams' viral moment as a case study on what actually happens once the internet decides you're the story: how your past resurfaces overnight, how your credentials and old business history get dug up and scrutinized, and how you still have to show up to the same job, the same coworkers, the same community - long after…
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