I'm with you, man. I mean, I really have to wonder about the motivations of these fake leakers. What's the endgame? Attention? Gloating rights and credibility if you happen to guess right? It just seems so ridiculous to go these lengths for one's ego. If you put in half the effort and time they spend on fake leaks into something worthwhile, like maybe fan content about the characters you want (or anything actually productive, really,) then you could get praise and ego stroking from that.
And if it's about staving off boredom or containing hype while we wait, it feels like there are better ways to go about that that don't toy with people's hopes and emotions. We seem to be doing just fine talking Geno and our other favorites without leaks.
But to each their own, I suppose. If that's how fake leakers want to have fun, then that's that. Maybe I should just get better at ignoring them, lol.