The Scourge of Hate Rallies in Social Audio

Social audio became a trend in the 2020s, thanks largely to drop-in audio apps like Clubhouse. The apps are beloved for the intimate personal connections we can make with each other. They’re unmatched in this aspect, and that’s what drew large crowds to pioneer the technology.

However, some of those pioneers may have more nefarious purposes for being on Clubhouse, Greenroom, and others.

In fact, I spent most of the month of April documenting multiple hate rallies being held on the platform. As mentioned throughout my newsletter in April, the center of these hate rallies is a far-right extremist. Kristen Ruby, CEO of Ruby Media, notoriously traumatized Clubhouse employees Dan Ashford and Jess Mears by causing a 72-hour screaming fest.

Mears and Ashford expressed to friends later that their meeting with Ruby was traumatic, something I expressed in a video over the weekend. I, too, was traumatized by these hate rallies, and they even made the news.

The incident occurred when Ruby was banned from Clubhouse for bullying. I stepped in to go to bat for her, and she fell in love with me in the process. Her love quickly turned dangerous from me, and I spent the rest of April and May hiding from Ruby’s agressive gang of far-right extremists.

Now Ruby is escalating the situation and continuing to attack me, so it’s time to break down the incident that got the most news coverage.

Clubhouse vs Hate Speech and Extremists

Ruby may run Ruby Media Group as her day job, but her hobby is hosting white-power hate rallies on Clubhouse. Here’s a Salon article from Zachary Petrizzo describing one such white power rally in May.

In the article, Petrizzo describes hate rallies held by Ruby with known white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes and anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer.

According to the article, Ruby’s room was filled with violent vitriol. The room was reported to Clubhouse in real time, and Loomer was removed for her hate speech within the hour. Ruby was saved because of my hard work, but it’s clear that she’s only interested in hosting these types of hate rallies instead of being productive.

It’s these hate rallies that users like LGBTQIA Muslim social media influencer Amir Yassai would send to me on a daily basis. His inability to navigate Clubhouse without being trolled by these hate groups caused him to turn to me for help.

And having to choose between Ruby (the woman who convinced me she’s a victim and friend) and Yassai (a true friend simply trying to live his life without being attacked) was a major factor in my decision to simply delete my Clubhouse account.

For me, it was impossible to balance the needs of both sides. I couldn’t help Ruby in good consciousness, and this made her turn and focus her energy on me. This is why I’m terrified.

Ruby has a documented history of holding hate rallies on Clubhouse. She spent all year holding these controversial rooms in her highly convtroversial Republicans & Conservatives club.

In fact, Ruby’s vitriol was so bad that an entire faction of Clubhouse conservatives created a new club. They disassociated from her and started running safer political rooms to discuss issues in the Conservatives & Republicans club.

Beware which of these two clubs you join – one is a group focused on discussing political topics. One has been repeatedly banned and suspended for holding hate rallies. Don’t get caught in the wrong one.

You’ll never hear me bragging, but I’m a credentialed and experienced journalist.

As a freelance writer, I spent over a decade working in media and marketing. I’m familiar with everything in the backend of this business, and it makes me sad when I see people faking the funk.

That’s why we’re taking a quick minute to point out the difference between fake and real journalists. I get press passes all the time and have friends on editorial staffs for many major publications. 

For me, it’s easy to know when I’m talking to a fake reporter spreading fake news. But I know it’s not for everybody, so I walk you through some tell-tale signs in today’s video.

Clubhouse Is Filled with Fake News

You’re already familiar with the two subjects of today’s video on fake journalists.

Andrew Lee is the ugly radio face of News News News – he uses an NPR logo and mic in his Clubhouse profile picture, but a simple Google search easily proves he never worked for NPR a single day in his entire life.

Nobody at NPR ever heard of this scam artist, and he’s simply stealing NPR’s logo for clout and credentials he never earned. And he’s not the only con artist committing fraud on Clubhouse.

We also break down self-proclaimed “Political and Social Media Reporter” Kris Ruby from Ruby Media Group. As previously explained, Ruby is a PR hack who regularly appears on extremist news outlets like OAN while regularly running documented hate rallies on Clubhouse.

Once again, a simple Google search reveals Ruby only ever wrote fluffy PR listicles published under OPINION. Ruby often gives her opinion while being interviewed on the news, but she never in her entire life ever worked as a reporter. She’s completely unqualified to do so.

Instead, she simply shows up on Clubhouse and flashes her fake journalism credentials. If Ruby and Lee are journalists just for being interviewed on the news, then every hillbilly whose trailer was ever taken by a tornado is also a journalist. 

We definitely lowered the bar as a society if we’re letting these two con artists scam people by overexaggerating their non-existent press credentials. Women lie and men lie, but the internet doesn’t lie when you perform even a cursory search into the overblown lies these people pretend are their credentials.

This article was written by an actually credentialed journalist.