The Real World
The Real World is a platform owned by a British/American personality, Andrew Tate. The platform was launched after the ban of Hustler's University, Tate's Discord server. The app is used by Tate's students to "Celebrate wins with people who understand", "Access knowledge updated by the hour". To access the platform, one must pay a monthly fee of $49.99. In some cases, the subscription cannot be cancelled. The platform's main feature is courses in 8 different "campuses", these include:
- AI Automation
- Crypto Investing
- Content Creation
- Copywriting
- Fitness
- Community Mastery
- Client Acquisition and Social Media
- E-Commerce
The Website
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Homepage -
App view(screenshot by No Text To Speech)
The website actively encourages visitors to "escape the Matrix" and buy the subscription, implying that one would live a worse live without learning the tips from the platform. The homepage also lists some benefits of the courses and the platform itself.
Bad Reputation
The Real World is infamous for its toxic, homophobic community.
The app, obviously being closed-source, uses Revolt's code (both modified frontend and backend) to operate. Not only does it break the GNU AGPL Licence terms, but Revolt isn't mentioned on the website in any way. Insert, the lead developer of Revolt, made an announcement regarding it on 5th December 2022, but the situation gained traction only after a YouTuber named No Text To Speech made a video on this topic.
Data Breaches
In May 2024, because of a database misconfiguration, personal data of almost one million accounts was leaked. Email addresses and passwords of those accounts were leaked, as well as over 22 million messages.
Just after the NTTS video, on November 21, another intrusion happened that covered over 794,000 member usernames, 324,382 email addresses and data from 616 private and public servers. The hackers used an old Revolt vulnerability to gain control over the platform. Emojis of pride flags, femboy- and feminism- related stuff were uploaded, as well as AI-generated images of Andrew Tate, taking part in a LGBTQ parade and memes related to him. There were also letter emojis spelling phrases such as "Andrew Tate is cute gay gooner", "Tate is a cutie patootie", and "Tate loves kissing femboys". The hackers could also time out or mute any person (they did that to Andrew Tate himself after discovering the bug), create group chats for free, and send malicious messages that would crash the client of the person viewing it entirely.