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Viral college media company I’m Shmacked promised big checks and internet fame for campus ambassadors. Neither came.

(Eamon Queeney | The New York Times) Jerry Shukes, who now runs @wasted_ecu, a local Instagram account for @WastedAmerica, a college-themed viral content brand, at his fraternity house in Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 24, 2019. The chief executive of I’m Shmacked promised students Instagram fame, then silenced them with threats.