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Influencer
Could anyone out there please enlighten me and tell me what on earth
an "influencer" is and does ?
There's a panelist on Question Time by the name of Amy Hart who is one.
All contributions gratefully received.
an "influencer" is and does ?
There's a panelist on Question Time by the name of Amy Hart who is one.
All contributions gratefully received.
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They let people who spend a lot of time on social media know what they should be liking.
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they are fatuous nobodies, with vapid opinions. But they are adored by thickheaded dog turds that populate social media sites.
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they are a huge part of what is wrong with the world
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Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:02 amthey are fatuous nobodies, with vapid opinions. But they are adored by thickheaded dog turds that populate social media sites.
Spot on
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She was on Love Island, enough said.Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:20 pmCould anyone out there please enlighten me and tell me what on earth
an "influencer" is and does ?
There's a panelist on Question Time by the name of Amy Hart who is one.
All contributions gratefully received.
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They are essentially paid to advertise products via various social media outlets aren’t they?
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Modern day equivalent of a sandwich board. But with much better earning potential.
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Only because they are legitimised and enabled by the weak and feeble minded.
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I don't necessarily blame the influencers. But I do blame the influencees. And QT for thinking they are worthy of a place on that panel. Its no wonder so many people take advice from famous people over actual experts
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They generate clicks/likes/shares on social media platforms, whilst giving the impression they live a certain lifestyle.
This then leads to sponsorship deals and they can also be given stuff to show on their social media platforms, which helps companies increase sales, like a paid product placement that we see in films or TV shows.
When someone like Prince William's wife Catherine wears a particular item, it generally sells out quite quick, same if she makes Prince George etc wear something.
It's just a form of advertising and it can make certain influencers a lot of money, but when their influence starts to wane then they sometimes struggle with being out of the limelight.
Some influencers struggle being in the limelight and they can attract some really grim abuse online which is quite frankly bizarre that some people hate others so much.
During the Pandemic numerous influencers legged it to places like Dubai so they could carry on taking the glamour shots and then demanded they be allowed back into the UK when travel was restricted etc.
I remember reading about one who presented a glamorous lifestyle online, but the reality was she lived in a grotty bedsit, where she was eventually found dead.
If people are signing up for reality shows like Love Island, it's highly likely they're planning on becoming a social media "star" after the show is over.
They might weep and wail about how tough it is afterwards but such is life, got to work hard to get anywhere and that includes being an influencer/social media star which can be a short lived career if you're not on the ball.
Same with all these people on YouTube, they've had to continue to evolve as the years have gone by to ensure they stay relevant.
So they stop doing just gaming videos or unboxing items and they move on to live action videos as well to keep the subscriber numbers coming in.
My son is looking at doing YouTube stuff, he's top 5-10 in the world on various tracks on Forza when he can be bothered but he's finally realised that there are people who will watch him set up and play that game and he's got some others ideas about what to do on there.
This then leads to sponsorship deals and they can also be given stuff to show on their social media platforms, which helps companies increase sales, like a paid product placement that we see in films or TV shows.
When someone like Prince William's wife Catherine wears a particular item, it generally sells out quite quick, same if she makes Prince George etc wear something.
It's just a form of advertising and it can make certain influencers a lot of money, but when their influence starts to wane then they sometimes struggle with being out of the limelight.
Some influencers struggle being in the limelight and they can attract some really grim abuse online which is quite frankly bizarre that some people hate others so much.
During the Pandemic numerous influencers legged it to places like Dubai so they could carry on taking the glamour shots and then demanded they be allowed back into the UK when travel was restricted etc.
I remember reading about one who presented a glamorous lifestyle online, but the reality was she lived in a grotty bedsit, where she was eventually found dead.
If people are signing up for reality shows like Love Island, it's highly likely they're planning on becoming a social media "star" after the show is over.
They might weep and wail about how tough it is afterwards but such is life, got to work hard to get anywhere and that includes being an influencer/social media star which can be a short lived career if you're not on the ball.
Same with all these people on YouTube, they've had to continue to evolve as the years have gone by to ensure they stay relevant.
So they stop doing just gaming videos or unboxing items and they move on to live action videos as well to keep the subscriber numbers coming in.
My son is looking at doing YouTube stuff, he's top 5-10 in the world on various tracks on Forza when he can be bothered but he's finally realised that there are people who will watch him set up and play that game and he's got some others ideas about what to do on there.
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They annoy people by managing to monetise something that those annoyed people can't begin to understand.
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Predictable and puerile comments from Coyote, Bobhino and Boss Hogg. Im sure these influencers have far more about them than 3 out of touch old blokes who get annoyed at anything they dont understand
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Question Time meets Love Island, who would ever had thought it…..well, apart from anyone who had the misfortune to turn on QT in recent years.
This Instagram “influencer” - far more interesting is the row yesterday in the US (a leak to the Wall St Journal) over Facebook knowing full well that Instagram, which they own, damages teenagers so much it leads to much higher rates of suicide, proven by their own research, which they deny is proven. The below is an explosive set of Tweets including Facebook’s own internal research (which then turned out not to be the full research). Was this discussed on QT if they want to be young and relevant? Course not.
https://twitter.com/jesselehrich/status ... 23136?s=21
Influence that Facebook
This Instagram “influencer” - far more interesting is the row yesterday in the US (a leak to the Wall St Journal) over Facebook knowing full well that Instagram, which they own, damages teenagers so much it leads to much higher rates of suicide, proven by their own research, which they deny is proven. The below is an explosive set of Tweets including Facebook’s own internal research (which then turned out not to be the full research). Was this discussed on QT if they want to be young and relevant? Course not.
https://twitter.com/jesselehrich/status ... 23136?s=21
Influence that Facebook
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Living up to your moniker there DA Lol
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Duplicate post !!!!
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Is it not about time the Admins provided a smiley of someone fishing, specifically for this angler?Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:08 amPredictable and puerile comments from Coyote, Bobhino and Boss Hogg. Im sure these influencers have far more about them than 3 out of touch old blokes who get annoyed at anything they dont understand
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There are some on here that try to "influence" others ... in the main they fail
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No it’s about time his tackle was confiscated permanentlyClaretincraven wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:20 amIs it not about time the Admins provided a smiley of someone fishing, specifically for this angler?
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A (very attractive) young woman at my work has recently left to become an influencer. Basically she has a presence on most social media and about 50k followers which in the great scheme of things is quite small but growing substantially week on week. Because she has X amount of followers companies will pay her to post wearing their product, for example she’ll pose wearing a skimpy bikini and on the post it will tell you who makes it and where to get it. It’s basically product placement on live models, it can be lucrative, she’s been able to give up work at 50k followers, imagine the money those ‘influencers’ with millions of followers are making.
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Fair play to them. They (usually) portray a positive image and they're obviously good at what they do - I can't imagine it's easy keeping ahead of trends and keeping an increasingly fickle demographic interested.
Comments like wile's just come across as bitter and miserable.
Comments like wile's just come across as bitter and miserable.
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Is that the same as what Katie Price does as she always seems to be “under the influence” these days
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So Influencers aren't short of customers/Influencees then?Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:02 amthey are fatuous nobodies, with vapid opinions. But they are adored by thickheaded dog turds that populate social media sites.
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AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:43 amSo Influencers aren't short of customers/Influencees then?
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Lot of clouds getting yelled at aint there?Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:08 amPredictable and puerile comments from Coyote, Bobhino and Boss Hogg. Im sure these influencers have far more about them than 3 out of touch old blokes who get annoyed at anything they dont understand
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A regular reminder that this is a social media siteWile E Coyote wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:02 amthey are fatuous nobodies, with vapid opinions. But they are adored by thickheaded dog turds that populate social media sites.
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Shhhhhh LcLancasterclaret wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:55 amA regular reminder that this is a social media site
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They tell people who have absolutely no opinion of their own and no idea what to think or indeed how to think on pretty much anything, what to think. That means they must be really, really clever and of course usually really rich.
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Whilst they wet their knickers at the same time
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They have to pay for their botox and cosmetic surgery somehow to become "Barbie" looky likies ...Dark Cloud wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:58 amThey tell people who have absolutely no opinion of their own and no idea what to think or indeed how to think on pretty much anything, what to think. That means they must be really, really clever and of course usually really rich.
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Wow, so much unnecessary venom. I thought she spoke well. There's always been influencers of some sort in every generation. Had it been possible in the 50s, 60s, 70s as it is now, people then would've done exactly the same as now. Similar with filming at gigs. Sure, can seem a bit daft but you're not telling me a bunch of girls at a Beatles concert wouldn't have been live streaming John's every move for an hour.
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Are those the knickers they saw someone else wearing and decided to buy them as a result?
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Hilda Ogden had them on in the Last of the Summer Wine Christmas specialGodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:05 amAre those the knickers they saw someone else wearing and decided to buy them as a result?
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Predictable and puerile comments from Devils Advocate.Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:08 amPredictable and puerile comments from Coyote, Bobhino and Boss Hogg. Im sure these influencers have far more about them than 3 out of touch old blokes who get annoyed at anything they dont understand
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Probably did a photoshoot in the Mail with our third kit on.GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:25 amWhen someone like Prince William's wife Catherine wears a particular item, it generally sells out quite quick, same if she makes Prince George etc wear something.
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I would normally ask if people are that easily influenced enough to buy something because someone else wears them online, but then again we live around people that stock up on bog rolls and fight in petrol stations because of what they are told on the news.
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Instagram “influencing” will be gone in a few years. No doubt about that. They may do well and good at the moment. There’s only so long people will put up with their ironic posts about mental health. They do good speaking about it openly, whilst ignoring how much pressure they put on young boys/girls.
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What a load of old bitter blokes we’ve got on this forum. Great read lads, never change.
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This is just the world of advertising adapting to the internet age as their traditional channels contract. The world moves on, it’s frightening to think how different it is now for my seven year old compared to my world at seven. And it will continue to adapt and change no matter how uncomfortable some of the older generations find it. May as well accept it even if you don’t embrace it as there’s nothing being miserable about it can change.
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Sounds like there might be an opportunity for an old miserable influencer. What’s Instagram?
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One of my favourite spoof news headlines from last year was : Social media Influencers "disappointed"not to be on Government's key workers list
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Did think similar about some of the comments on this threadDevils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:08 amPredictable and puerile comments from Coyote, Bobhino and Boss Hogg. Im sure these influencers have far more about them than 3 out of touch old blokes who get annoyed at anything they dont understand
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I think the name puts people off. It does me, anyway. Advertising has been going on for years, but it was never called "influencing". When I see an advert it might draw my attention to a prodict, but it doesn't "influence" in the sense that it doesn't make me buy something I don't want. The word "influencer" suggests that the people watching the ads (and presumably actually going looking for the ads) are doing things differently just because someone on the internet tells them to. Like they can't make their mind up for themselves.
Mind you, it's beyond me why anyone would ever watch Big Brother either, but people who I quite respect do watch it. Different people, different worlds. But the word "influencer", to me, is cringeworthy.
Mind you, it's beyond me why anyone would ever watch Big Brother either, but people who I quite respect do watch it. Different people, different worlds. But the word "influencer", to me, is cringeworthy.
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Why do we talk as if this has only happened recently? It's always happened. People didn't want to look like Marilyn Monroe? George Best? "The caveman two doors down has a smart looking bearskin..." The people criticising on this thread will be wearing something, typing on something, sat on something, going on holiday in the future somewhere because they'll have been influenced to do so.
The conversation about young people and their exposure to content and identifying what is more real than not is a separate, and of course serious, conversation. As Martin says, much of what is being discussed here is advertising in 2021.
The conversation about young people and their exposure to content and identifying what is more real than not is a separate, and of course serious, conversation. As Martin says, much of what is being discussed here is advertising in 2021.
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It's a spammer term for 'unspecified threat' from above.
Subliminal 'Ray Winston' in every home shadowing your freedom to think for yourself.
'Deep learning'
'Mindfulness'
The robber barons of today ( most of them foreign) have literally billions of pounds to screw world culture for their spammer ends.
When the socially progressive obnoxious political collective had their recent fest, there were folk with banners as shawls around them to imitate football crowds like a Macdonalds ad and there's teams of thousands of extras all in the pay of.
Subliminal 'Ray Winston' in every home shadowing your freedom to think for yourself.
'Deep learning'
'Mindfulness'
The robber barons of today ( most of them foreign) have literally billions of pounds to screw world culture for their spammer ends.
When the socially progressive obnoxious political collective had their recent fest, there were folk with banners as shawls around them to imitate football crowds like a Macdonalds ad and there's teams of thousands of extras all in the pay of.
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New burger joint 'dirty burgers'... These pop-up political shenanigans would be a lifetime go for everyone else, but for the billionaire they can practical joke shops and anything at will.
The phrase 'deep learning' is enough of itself to scare.
it's kick boxing the psyche for the tunnel vision myopia of psychology over the transcendental pictorial context of perspective and a ruler bigger than their media rule and THAT'S what they're scared of or they should be.
The phrase 'deep learning' is enough of itself to scare.
it's kick boxing the psyche for the tunnel vision myopia of psychology over the transcendental pictorial context of perspective and a ruler bigger than their media rule and THAT'S what they're scared of or they should be.
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