There's - unfortunately - a lot of people in this game who are capable of being very charismatic but have ulterior motives, manipulating others for their gain. It's why I urge everybody to be very wary of popular players who are surrounded by those who give them nothing but praise.

Nobody is perfect. I've seen a lot of artists on Balmung, for instance, who abuse their popularity to set their followers on whoever disagrees with them on even the most minor of issues.

I've seen entire FC's crumble because one member gradually turned even close friends against each other with subtle nudges and deceptive words.

So anyone who tries to downplay such scenarios is at best naive and worst likely guilty of such behaviour themselves. It is not as simple as just 'blocking' or 'reporting' such individuals. They know how to play the 'game'. They do it well. They also tend to do most of the incriminating things outside of the game itself.