The entire Tamil social media community is saddened by the sudden demise of a Finance influencer (financewithharish). This is also getting national media attention now. While there are 2 different opinions, here is mine too. - All this starts with social media (instagram especially), it is one of the fakest places to be in. - Why would you want to flash your lifestyle, wealth and everything else? All of these are absolute status games; nothing ever meaningful comes out of it. - While Harish started with the aspiration of becoming a Sharan (financewithsharan), he unfortunately didn't get the head start, network and capital to recreate it in the down south. - Sharan, after a point, was funded by Zerodha; he started a company, duly got all licenses, and made sure compliance was in place. He came with really witty, value adding, (not recommending) finance content. While Harish's aspiration was right, the road to it was not. - As someone who has actively invested and traded for 2 years. I can tell you it is one of the most stressful, less rewarding and high experience required job. An ideal timeline to get rich from trading or investing is 20 years. Anything short of that is a misell. - Finance influencers who try to sell lifestyle instead of knowledge are a red flag. Our @dmuthuk keeps reiterating this fact. If you really want to understand finance with realistic timelines of returns, follow someone like Muthu. After all this, he simply says he got lucky. Nothing more, nothing less. - Especially, the company you keep is very important. My curious question is: why does the Tamil fitness community come down to say this is cyberbullying? - It is only because of people like @the_jasonsamuel that we are being enlightened by things that we may not have known otherwise. - Jason is NOT a bully and never will be. If anything is against the concept of bullying. - If you had watched the video, Jason wanted Harish to pursue everything that he aspired to only in a regulated and compliant way. - Whatever happened to Harish is indeed sad and unfortunate. There may be deeper things he was going through that none of us would know about. - Some people claim to be Harish's friends. Their friendship was built on social media using social media clout. If your friend is on the verge of suicide, wouldn't you know it beforehand? That's what real friends are capable of doing. - When my friends and I were going through some of the toughest times in life (different timelines), we made sure he was okay to the extent that we always stayed with them. - Whatever be it, SUICIDE is NOT an option. There is always a way to figure it out. - Anyone who claims to be a social media influencer has at least 2 faces. One that they show on camera and one in real life. And there is nothing wrong with doing it. Because real doesn't sell on camera. The real question you may have to ask is, "Am I going to follow them?" - If you find or observe a dark pattern, have some courage to call it out. You have escaped dark patterns because, someone else called it out and you are being a beneficiary of it. - I'd say, if you really have a peaceful life and want to extend its longevity, quit Instagram. May Harish's soul Rest in Peace.