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gator_fl t1_j9q1jwi wrote

Reply to comment by johnbrownbody in DC’s Food Influencer Scene Is Booming. It’s Also a Hot Mess. by schwars1

There are companies out there that will let you try out a tool to see what percentage of followers might be "organic" or bought thru an Instagram follower farm.

I'd guess almost all local food influencers that have 100K+ followers are suspect. Maybe Tom Siestma (Sp?).

Lol...Wonderland and Raven a secret dive bar if you were a traveler into DC from afar and reading a free travel guide.

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throws_rocks_at_cars t1_j9qb2hd wrote

What people don’t understand is that an instagram follower costs about $0.02 cents. You could make a new account, pay some company $250 bucks, and have 10,000 followers the next day. It costs almost nothing.

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gator_fl t1_j9qilem wrote

Exactly, which is one of the reasons those tools are created.

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johnbrownbody t1_j9q240o wrote

> Lol...Wonderland and Raven a secret dive bar if you were a traveler into DC from afar and reading a free travel guide.

Given that I imagine some nonzero number of folks who follow these accounts are suburbanites or new enough to DC to essentially be tourists... I guess it works! I just find it amusing

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gator_fl t1_j9q3n46 wrote

I think the City Paper had an article a couple years ago where local restaurateurs basically said there were no noticeable increases in patronage due to influencer posts.

Then there are those bars/restaurants/etc. that decorate for the gram. I remember when La Vie on the Wharf had people going there to post. Just wild.

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