Oh, the places one can go when perusing the Replies and Comments in a social media thread.
Let's take a lengthy look back at some of the gold nugg-itos that have been found over the years in various online threads and then we will culminate with a tweet reply which came by mere happenstance, but can show that you never know who is walking amongst the general public on social media.
Here's our Narnia blog making a guest appearance on the pages of Lipstick Alley. Ohhhh, boy. If they only knew. 😉 From April 2024:
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Or there was the tweet which spied Travis at the Purple Label barbershop, helping to dispel the narrative that Travis uses a different barber, written about first in "Pothole Patchups: Rewriting the Narratives of Travis Kelce" and then second, in "Cutting a Little Off the Top on the Barber - Which One is Travis' Version".
And of course, over the years, we have accumulated a number of comments or tweets either placing Jake where he "shouldn't" have been (i.e. the taco truck, on a pirate ship at a UK park) or with who was likely one of his and Austin's kids (i.e. the Getty Museum in L.A., at Rockaway Beach, NY).
Back in 2012, M & M stumbled upon a gold nugget in a comment thread on a website called The Film Experience.
More specifically,
What about the old days of My Space, the year was 2006:
Fast forward to 2025 and this boastful (and soon deleted) tweet reply that was stumbled upon, which ended up being very revealing because it helped reveal and reinforce Sony and Simon Cowell's intentions for the Louis Tomlinson + Harry Styles fandom - "a larries mass extinction".
And what about John and Edward Grimes (known as Jedward), tweet binging about the industry and One Direction:
We'll look at one more: remember the "Gossip Girl" commenter, who came out of nowhere to post about Jake and his family, back in 2013? They posted two comments and then we never saw them again. No doubt Jake's people sniffed them out. It was wild.
A syllabus:
Lonely A = Alyssa Miller, Jake's beard at the time
Little J = Jake Gyllenhaal
Queen N = Naomi Foner, Jake's mother
Sure enough, Jake and Alyssa Miller soon "broke up". We never found out who they were, but they were definitely someone familiar with the family and they came back to post one more time, on Special's next post.
These folks are just ....
Fast forward.
During baseball season on August 25, while topic searching on Twitter/X, Narnia happened to stumble upon a reply in an older Kansas City Royals thread that caught the eye.
The thread involved the parent tweet by the Royals which placed second baseman Michael Massey on the 10-day injured list, back on June 10.
Because Massey had been having a poor season up to that point, some fans in the thread were doubting the legitimacy of the injury, including this writer who also still has doubts.
Regardless of that suspicion, in the same thread, there was a particularly snarky account replying to any commenter critical of Massey.
For example:
Oh, this poster had all the answers whenever it came to Michael Massey. He had "been at the game". He had "heard on multiple occasions". He knew the rules. He could always pull out Massey's statistics or game performance on a dime.
LOL - "are you his grandmother or something". The tweet reply by "Royalsws1" was pretty good, I have to say. 😄 He wasn't the only one. There were several fans over the course of the summer who side-eyed Debbie Neiman, "Joel_Greene", or as one fan referred to him - "Debbie Joel" and how this author will refer to him.
So Debbie Joel spent a lot of time during ballgames obviously searching his client's, I mean Massey's name. If there was any negative tweet about the second baseman, he was going to counter it. Even if it meant putting down Royals pitching or another position player? He would do it; just to defend Massey.
This cropped screenshot shows how his account had copy/pasted a reply to multiple accounts. For purposes of space, the accounts he replied to are not shown, but time stamps show they were individual replies: 8:57 am, 8:56 am, 8:53 am, etc.
On June 2, Jac Caglianone was officially recalled to the major league roster for his debut and Dairon Blanco was optioned to Omaha. There were a number of fans (online at least) who were upset that Michael Massey wasn't the player sent to Omaha instead. So Debbie Joel copy/pasted a reply to a number of fans his opinion on why Dairon was the "correct" player to send down and not Massey:
Who would be this invested in an individual player? Yes, one could interpret such safeguarding as a form of support for a player. But the "Debbie" Joel account took it an extraordinarily further step.
For instance, there was no Royals player, official or organizational move that was criticized by Debbie Joel more than second baseman Jonathan India.
Since November 2024, when rumors began floating on Twitter/X that the Royals might be in trade talks with the Cincinnati Reds for a trade involving then Royals pitcher Brady Singer and the Reds' second baseman Jonathan India, Debbie Joel's account sprang into action. Pugnaciously, tweeting for weeks about why the Royals didn't need to trade for India. Nonetheless, despite Debbie Joel's disapproval, the trade happened anyway and Jonathan obtained a fresh start with the Royals.
Even though India got off to a good start, things traveled southward after he suffered a beaning at the plate and a couple of knee injuries during slides into second base. For example, at time stamp 00:22, look at Rafael Contreras sliding spikes up into second base, directly at Jonathan's kneecap, just as India planted himself to initiate a double play.
Even though the cheap shot was obvious, did Jonathan get any show of support from his teammates on the field, other than first baseman, Vinnie Pasquantino? Nope. Is it any wonder India may have had some struggles last season when not one of his teammates on the field stuck up for him? It was irritating to see the Royals captain, Salvador Perez, who approached the scene and chatted with Contreras and then after the game, said that the contact hadn't been intentional. Really? Have a listen as even the TV announcers saw it differently.
The whole situation with Jonathan deserves a deeper look, but not in this post.
Jonathan did have good games, but he also struggled defensively . It did not help him at all that the team was having him learn left field (a position he'd never played before). Then they tried him at third base. Once returned to his former position of second base and moved to 7th in the lineup, Jonathan's defensive play noticeably improved.
Throughout his struggles, the Debbie Joel account was relentless in pointing out to any Royals fan (of whom he had the lowest opinion of) that his client, I mean Michael Massey, should be the Royals' second baseman and Jonathan India was not worthy of a roster spot.
The personal disparagement was relentless. Relentless from the time the India/Brady Singer trade chatter began until present day. That is more than a casual interest or dislike of a player. It's targeted towards not just a player and his performance, but the position he plays. Because the position is the same as Michael Massey's.
And once the season was over, there was a question on what the Royals would do - would they come to an agreement with Jonathan since he was due a pay increase due to arbitration. Or would they let him walk away, although lose money in the process?
Well, there was no question what "Debbie Joel" wanted. Oh, he was campaigning.
And when the Royals came to agreement on a one-year, $8 million contract with Jonathan for the 2026 season, well, guess who was not happy at all.
"Debbie Joel" was not happy over the arbitration signing.
The account was created in August of 2024. The Royals were clinging to a post-season position and ended up making the Wild Card round. Michael Massey ended up having a pretty good post-season and in fact, had a very exciting RBI triple in Game 3 of the playoffs vs the NY Yankees.
So, "Debbie Joel" spent the following off-season campaigning against the rumors of the Royals being in pursuit of Jonathan India, who had the potential of being their long-wished for "lead off hitter".
One has to ask the question, why would that be? Could it have been because being a second baseman, Jonathan would threaten the job stability of Massey? This was followed by extreme unhappiness when the trade came to fruition. Then the entire season of 2025 was spent bad-mouthing Jonathan.
The Royals missed the 2025 playoffs and so this current off-season started off with "Debbie Joel" campaigning against the organization re-signing India. He was quite happy when it sounded like they were going to be heavy on seeking Outfield help. That meant what? That Massey's second base job would appear safe and left alone.
So, when India was re-signed for another season, "Debbie Joel" was quite unhappy again. Massey's second base job would not be a guarantee.
What fan is this invested in a player that they don't like? To the point of spending the majority of your twitter content bad mouthing the primary competition? Not only bad mouthing the primary competition, but armed with statistics to repeatedly back up support for your client, I mean, your favorite player?
When you see reply copy/pasting going on? That's a huge red flag for a planted account. No one is that seriously invested.
"Debbie Joel" doesn't think highly of the Royals fans, constantly belittling them. They are not a nice account.
It baffled this author to imagine a quiet, humble (or so thought), oh-so-polite person like Michael Massey could be represented by someone like "Debbie Joel". The player has been a two-time winner of the Mike Swanson Good Guy Award (2023, 2024), for his availability and helpfulness to the local media. If anyone would talk to the press after a tough loss? It was Massey. He says all the "right" things, he's Vinnie Pasquantino's special pal, even subbing for him sometimes on Cody & Gold's daily radio show as their ViN-FL Insider on 96.5 The Fan. The two teammates appear quite close.
Well, guess what? Jonathan India also seems like a super nice guy. He was specifically named by teammate Jac Caglianone as someone who had helped him through a challenging first year in the majors. Is it any surprise Jonathan may have been able to bond with Jac over a rough and challenging season?
Like several other players on the Royals, India has been especially thoughtful in locker room interviews; in other words, he doesn't throw around the usual cliche's. He also is a passionate player.
The Royals' MLB beat writer Anne Rogers wrote a very insightful article on Jonathan in early August. It's rare to see not only such frankness in a self-assessment, but what seems to be a bewilderment, an open loss for words and answers.
“I’m not myself right now,” India said pregame. “I’m not being the hitter I know I can be. There’s a lot of factors in that. I understand. I’m not playing well. It’s just part of winning. We’ve got to win. That’s the bottom line.
“And I’m a team player. I want to win at all costs. Whatever helps the team, I’m in.”
India’s acclimation with the Royals has been rockier than expected. While learning a new team, he was tasked with learning a new position, as the Royals wanted to see if he could play left field at the beginning of the year. It took a toll on his body, and in May, the Royals pivoted to have him play only second base.
“Physically, it’s been a tough year,” India said. “It’s more physical than mental, but maybe mentally, too. I love all the guys here. I love the organization. But maybe I’m just not comfortable. I don’t know what it is. I’ve been searching for pretty much the whole year now, trying to find myself. My passion, my fire. And it just hasn’t come out. I don’t know why.
“It’s just part of baseball. It’s a new team, new atmosphere. … It’s nothing to do with the organization. They treat me with such respect. It’s very structured. And it’s a winning organization, which I love. So it’s me. I just need to get built in here and figure it out.” - MLB.com, Aug. 07, 2025
How can anyone not respect this?
“There’s a lot that’s not normal with me [this year],” India said. “My whole career, I’ve never hit this bad, I don’t think. I’ve always found a way to come through in situations. This year it’s just not the case. I’m just not the same guy at the plate. I guess guys go through that. I need to find a way to push through it.
“I want fans to know that I’m not going out there and purposely [doing] this. It’s a transition for me that I’m going through, and I’m learning every day. I’m continuing to play, and I’m not afraid to be out there. I love this game too much to hide from it.” - MLB.com
Considering notorious sports agent Scott Boras is Michael Massey's agent, it's highly unlikely that "Debbie Joel" is his account. But the "Debbie Joel" account could be under the operation of the sports agency itself.
There's not a way to know for sure. This post is speculating based upon a close study of the account's content:
• the timing of the creation of the account, plus no aesthetic development (i.e. no profile photo, no tweets, only replies)
• the OTT hostile focus on Jonathan India
• the OTT promotion and endorsement of Michael Massey
• the aversion to any competition for the second base position
Narnia has long been accustomed to identifying suspected planted accounts due to our following of celebrities. Planted accounts occur in the political arena and sports arenas of Twitter/X, in addition to other forums. But they are especially prevalent on Twitter/X.
It was because of Narnia's vast exposure and examination of such social media activity for nearly two decades, that the "Debbie Joel" account quickly exhibited 🚩🚩🚩.
We share this seemingly non-OTP anecdotal evidence to provide another glaring instance of how TPTB exploit social media to achieve nefarious aims across the entertainment spectrum. For those fandoms who think this kind of maneuvering and manipulation is just delusional speculation, think again. With photo shopping and AI image generation, combined with planted accounts, social media is no longer about sharing spontaneous views from individual posters, but more about the creation of sock puppets ("Lemonade", anyone?), bots and astro turfing.
They're all techniques applied in a coordinated fashion to manipulate pubic opinion and destroy reputations and careers. Liam Payne is , without a doubt, one of the most glaring recent examples, but as this Jonathan India/Michael Massey saga demonstrates, even the sports world is very much a part of the muck. Part of the lies. Travis Kelce, anyone?
This post is just another reminder to be careful out there. There are lots of consolidated forces who want to amass even more power and more control by creating false narratives and using media to implement their behind the curtain agendas and storytelling embellishments (Ted Sarandos, anyone?). As we have seen with some of those we follow here on Narnia, the addition of the complications of the closet and the disinformation multiplies even further.
Collaboration: Prairie Girl and Methodical Muser
pic sources: The Film Experience, MLB.com, writer Anne Rogers, BeisbolPlay.com on X,
Cougarboard, Oh My Godot blogspot, The Film Experience
our playlist: Hearsay - Alexander O'Neal
Just Between You and Me - DC Talk
Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
Chances - Five for Fighting
The Crying Game - Boy George
