Missy Martinez: Is Social Media Even Worth it? (YNOT)

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Fact: Missy Martinez is hilarious.

Her social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram are wildly popular — certainly in part because she’s stunning to look at, but also because she’s clever and uplifting.

But in spite of doing what can best be described as a public good via smarts and sass, on Thursday of last week – April 5 – Martinez woke up to some shitty news.

Missy Martinez: I went to log in to my Instagram at about 5:30 this morning. It was just the regular login page, so I entered my name and my password… and then I entered my phone number, and it said: “User does not exist.” So I texted my friend: “Hey, am I deleted or am I just timed out?” She checked, and you can’t find me at all — but all the fake profiles of me are still up, so there’s that.