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floppydisk1995 t1_j9pzxh6 wrote

Maybe I'm old but "influencer" is just the dumbest shit.

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debyrne t1_j9qgfs8 wrote

I’m old. But it’s also the dumbest shit.

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jblah t1_j9sa7f2 wrote

Yeah but are you living social old? Makes me wonder where the mid-20s of today go to socialize. I feel like every week for me, it was a LS or BYT event.

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VodgeDiper_10 t1_j9sod64 wrote

For the good ones, they have a specific niche and “influencer” is just a catch-all term. In this case, they’re food critics. They’re just employed by themselves instead of e.g. a newspaper

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wandering_engineer t1_j9ta79h wrote

The fact that it's not just a thing but that many "influencers" make big money doing this crap is even worse. Then again, I generally hate social media and don't really get the appeal of following random people who post low-quality garbage.

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adequatefiber t1_j9tjfqk wrote

I hate it but what I think I hate even more is when your college friends become influencers and try to sell stuff to you 🤮

The only social media thing I like right now is "defluencing" i.e the people that say "x, y, and z are overhyped and not worth your money"

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romulusjsp t1_j9u3lzm wrote

Independent marketing is nothing new, it’s just that they invented a fun new term for it

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