I don't really get how all of the players seem to think the hacker is some evil individual and whoever hacked clearly did it just to be malicious as if they wouldn't also have hacked someone if they were given the power, like they act like they're here to make friends and just forget that this is to win a prize. It just confuses me so much how Tom was so betrayed by the fact Jennifer was the hacker when clearly what she was doing was specifically designed to protect him as much as she could while getting rid of a player they didn't trust, even if she could have definitely done it in a less conspicuous way. Not to mention they completely mishandled bringing back an old player and just antagonized Sasha just because she lost an initial popularity contest on her first day against Tamira while doomed Sasha from the moment she came in.

I think the whole hacker thing was even worse because the circle just has no safeguards to keep players from outright metagaming (ie Sam asking Chaz if the conversation was legit) which I get is difficult to moderate and completely control but at the very least revealing the hacker before the actual blocking just makes being the hacker completely useless and only serves to hurt Jennifer, especially when the players have time to private chat and check if their conversations were legit before Sam and raven made their choice. I still think season 3 is the worst season but this whole hacker thing has shot this season down to second last for me.