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| == Classic Era == | | == Classic Era == |
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| ''Main Article: [[Classic Era]]'' | | ''Main Article: [[Classic Era]]'' |
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| Daniel made the @daniellarsonfans account in early 2020, which quickly gained a large following due to Daniel's unorthodox appearance, and the strange nature of his videos videos. For example, Daniel would make videos of him doing [[Jumping Jacks|jumping jacks]] while speaking about various topics, most notably George Floyd. While not the first video ever uploaded, Daniel's first video to gain attention was called "Good night everyone," in which he stiltedly wished his fans good luck while his phone buzzes in the background. This was the type of content that Daniel would post in the early days of his account, continuing for a few months.
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| Daniel would begin posting increasingly popular videos on his various TikTok pages in May of 2020, notably during the [[The Riots|George Floyd protests (or to Daniel, riots)]] which he believed were led by his fans. His posts quickly drew the attention of [[trolls]], who would become increasingly aggressive over time. What started off as simple annoyances, such as spamming comments, would soon turn into harassment as some trolls would start spam-calling Daniel and threatening him. However, a few trolls in particular would take advantage of Daniel's gullible nature in order to manipulate him, which would mostly take place around fall of 2020.
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| Daniel would start to post some of his most well-known videos around this time, such as the infamous "[https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/vdhsg9/rip_george_floyd/ Jumping Jacks for George Floyd]" video and his announcement for his [[Presidential Campaign]]. Infamous posts such as these caused Daniel to accumulate tens of thousands of followers, prompting the creation of [[r/Daniellarson]] in October 2020. Daniel also started live streaming on TikTok live and host zoom meetings with his managers,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grmNl0cTaDw</ref> who would get him to post a [[Music Career|music video]] called "Fake News."
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| [[Flexburger]] would become Daniel's first of many managers in late 2020.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/139sc49/comment/jj3nmf3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref> Flexburger obtained this role after Daniel allegedly offered the position to him, according to Flex.
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| Due to his virality, Daniel began posting multiple videos daily of him doing incredibly monotonous things like eating food, as well as various videos of his [[Zoom Meetings|Zoom meetings]] with his management who did things to him, like tricking him into believing that he was talking to Drake.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@fishtank_records/video/6897196546933181702</ref>
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| ===Pinterest Leak===
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| On November 20, 2020,{{Citation Needed}} a Pinterest account, which dated back to belonging to Daniel, was leaked by [[Flexburger]].{{Citation Needed}} This leak would be the first of many leaks which would indict Daniel as a [[pedophilia|pedophile]]. [[Pinterest|The account]] had albums filled with images of children, maps of the United States which listed the age of consent for each state, and photos of his various underage celebrity crushes. Daniel posted his first apology/confession hours later, in which he admitted that he had used the "...pictures of girls and masturbate[d] to them."<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@nathan.helbling/video/6897646097116695813</ref> He would then delete the Pinterest account and immediately go back on his apology, claiming that the account wasn't his and that, "...the media blew up the Pinterest situation out of proportion."<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6905458161143123205</ref>
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| The leaking of his Pinterest account made Daniel go into full lockdown. He not only disabled comments, but he also deleted or set to private several of his videos, especially ones about Grace VanderWaal. He even went as far as to disable his TikTok account, but only temporarily.
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| Following this brief period of heightened paranoia, Daniel's posts would return to normal. However, the leaking of his Pinterest account made certain actions of his particularly alarming, such as the instances of him duetting very young girls on TikTok.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@moe_lesterrecords/video/6905066197822360838</ref> Yet despite his usual posts returning, he entered a feud with (trolls impersonating) The Diligent Broadcast and Roach Records. In posts regarding the feud, he threatened to sue them for ganging up on him and faking the Pinterest account.
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| === The Dark Age ===
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| Following many subsequent schizo-posts, Daniel would take a break from TikTok beginning on December 20, 2020, and lasting all the way up to March 2021. To date, this is, and [[Second Jail Arc|forever will be]], the longest time period that Daniel has gone off the grid, that does not involve him being incarcerated.
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| === Headset Arc === | | === Headset Arc === |
