Given that he has more than 6 million followers across social media channels, chances are you've seen a joke that's appeared on one of The Fat Jew's feeds in the past.
The issue for some -- today and for about the last five years -- is that many of those jokes aren't his.
The man behind the feed -- real name Josh Ostrovsky -- is by his own definition a joke aggregator, who takes the funniest pieces of the Internet and puts them in one place.
By some other people's definition, he's a thief.
And that's what he's being called by professional funny people as of late, with the likes of Patton Oswalt, writer Maura Quint, Silicon Valley actor Kumail Nanjiani and more calling him out in recent days.
Their main beef is with Ostrovsky's non-attribution, which is not a new grievance. In fact, people have been pointing out the flaws in his attribution system as far back as 2011 -- when his presence was solely on Twitter and Fat Jew's type of one-stop-joke-shop operation was a fairly new practice.
Author Kelly Oxford also claims she brought up her issues with his content back in 2010, two years before he joined Instagram.
BTW- The Fat Jew has been making the same excuses for five years. pic.twitter.com/lFGgiw7LNG— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) August 17, 2015
There have been many other instances since, with some apologies from the man himself.
To anyone who follows @FATJEW, don't. Blatant joke thief: http://t.co/tqMBtzZ5Yk // http://t.co/KOXtv1tiUY— Patrick Walsh (@thepatrickwalsh) June 8, 2014
@thepatrickwalsh it was on a blog dude. Apologies.— The Fat Jew (@FATJEW) June 8, 2014
But what seems to have put Ostrovsky back in the news is word of his growing success. He recently signed a modeling contract, was snagged up by big Hollywood management agency CAA, and is headed to New York Fashion Week.
As his empire of opportunity continues to grow, so does the scrutiny of his practices.
FUCK YOU @FATJEW - Original by AMYD ( FOUND - http://t.co/zOPRJgEViN ) ADVERTISING FOR @Beats1 @AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/a8RNFv5iw8— brian redban (@redban) August 17, 2015
Ostrovsky seems to have taken note of this, even months before his most recent wave of critics.
Scrolling through his Instagram feed, you'll find there's a distinct increase in attribution, with nearly every post from the last month having a credit.
It makes sense that he'd make an adjustment; Ostrovsky has a lot on the line. In addition to the aforementioned modeling and management contracts, he hosts a radio show on Beats 1 (which is now also under fire) and has a book coming out in October.
He also at one point had a television script development deal at Comedy Central for a comedy that he described to Billboard as "Louie-esque," but the network tells Mashable that they decided several months ago not to proceed to pilot.
Despite reports to the contrary, the project did not come to an end as a result of the Internet's rediscovered outrage for his practices. Ostrovsky and the network currently have nothing else in development.
Ostrovsky is no doubt in a tough spot here -- eyes are on him to set the standard in a space where joke theft runs rampant and where much of the policing falls on the shoulders of the wronged.
So where does this leave him? TBD.
Ostrovsky has not issued any statements publicly about the increased scrutiny, and his representatives had no comment. But we're sure he'll come up with something.
Here's hoping it comes with credit where credit is due.