It looks like the internet’s favourite cesspool of anonymous gossip is finally shutting up shop. Tattle Life, the go-to destination for keyboard warriors and armchair critics alike, has announced it’s closing down.
The site, which has been described as “the most toxic place on the internet”, posted a farewell message saying goodbye to its readers. They claim they’re shutting down due to “recent threats” directed at family members of those involved with the site.
In their statement, Tattle Life said that they believe “it’s important for the public to have an opinion on social media influencers”.
The site’s operators went on to say, “Unfortunately, recent threats directed at members of one of our families have left us with no choice but to shut down the site. It’s simply unfair for them to be impacted by something they have zero involvement in.”
Read the full statement here:
The website worked by providing an anonymous online forum where users can critically discuss, dissect, and often harshly critique social media influencers, celebrities, and public figures who monetise their personal lives.
Tattle Life has been the centre of some hardcore scandals since it burst onto the scene in 2018. Most notably, Clemmie Hooper, a parenting influencer, got caught up in a Tattle Life scandal as she admitted to creating a fake account to troll fellow influencers on the site.
Beauty journalist Sali Huges also experienced extensive hate on the website, pushing her to talk about the “bullying” she has experienced online.
“They screen grabbed every post, every article, scuttling back to their sewer to mock and belittle me. They discussed my children, criticised my parenting, mocked my marriage and made personal insults about my husband (who is the kindest and most decent person I know),” she said in a 2019 Instagram Video.
“They dove deep into my family life, researching details about my mother – someone who has recently died horrifically of cancer and with whom I had a painful and extremely difficult relationship with since she left when I was a toddler.
“Everything was lie upon lie upon lie to the degree that I wouldn’t know who they were discussing for the most of it, had they not constantly used my name.”
Influencer Brittany Saunders took to the Outspoken Podcast Facebook page to share her thoughts:
“This may be a completely unpopular opinion but honestly thank fuck,” Saunders wrote.
“I’ve been publicly on social media for over 10 years and it is astonishing the amount of anonymous bullying that I have witnessed and how widely accepted it is even in 2025.”
Saunders went on to say, “End anonymous bullying. If people want to talk shit about influencers/creators/whoever – do it amongst your friends or even better yet, post a video of you talking about it to your public social media accounts.”
This isn’t the first time people have tried to shut down Tattle Life. A Change.org petition that was started in 2019 racked up over 70,188 signatures calling for the site’s closure.
While Tattle Life might be technically shutting down, the site’s content is still currently accessible, including its long history of incredibly snarky remarks for people to read over, seemingly forever.
The closure of Tattle Life isn’t going to suddenly usher in an era of peace and love in the influencer world. There’s always going to be another forum, another spooky Reddit thread, or another Instagram tea account ready to tell all on the latest influencer.
The question remains: do these anonymous snark accounts have a place in our current cultural landscape? On one hand, they can serve as a necessary check on influencer culture. It can be a great way to force a public figure to take accountability. However, on the other hand death threats and doxxing because of gossip is straight up bonkers.
I guess all we can do is dream for a future somewhere in the middle — a space where critique is allowed, but not at the expense of basic human decency. Here’s hoping!
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