I want is one of several recent so-called COVID vigilante accounts aimed at self-policing the behavior of the gay community during the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a sense of acting ethically and having a moral compass. “No part of it is anger on my end,” said the man behind a California tech industry worker, who like others in this story asked not to be identified, fearing he would become a social media target himself. For four days, he eschewed sleep to obsessively scroll through social media and sort through hundreds of tips he’s received as part of his secret mission: use Instagram to name and shame other gay men who are partying during the pandemic.
