The Story
Steve Richardson thought his biggest worries were yardwork and raising two teenagers. But after a harmless social media post spins wildly out of control, he finds himself at the center of a vicious online mob—targeted, canceled, and threatened.
As his quiet suburban life collapses, Steve must fight back against strangers who don't know him, don't care, and want to destroy him anyway. What starts as an internet pile-on soon spirals into real-world danger, forcing Steve to confront just how thin the line is between digital outrage and real violence.
@YellowCrocs421 is a razor-sharp psychological thriller about cancel culture, mob mentality, and the terrifying ease with which ordinary lives are ripped apart.
Gritty, hilarious, and disturbingly true-to-life, Kevin Forrest Igo delivers a gripping cautionary tale that will leave you questioning every comment you make online.
About the Author
Kevin Forrest Igo is one of the most up-and-coming authors of this age. He…no wait. I'll forego the usual sycophantic, third-person drivel one might expect to read here. I'm an average husband and father. I like scotch and the Internet, and sometimes I consume too much of both.
I’m old enough to have watched social media go from message boards on AOL dial-up, to an enormous variety of apps on a smartphone. My phone is about a bazillion times more powerful than my original Intel 386, and the Internet is available at speeds that once seemed impossible. People, though, are more or less the same.
The human brain and the social fabric that we all share haven’t really changed all that much. As a result, we’ve invented a vast host of fresh problems. In this book, I focus on how the mob has moved from the streets with pitchforks to the ease of the Web. I hope that you, dear reader, will take this cautionary tale to heart. I know I have.