To be fed up of Instamums

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I followed a few of the more well-known Instamums but got weary of the constant daily barrage of brand endorsements. I can't relate to people on £100k a year in Farrow & Ball houses. I just can't. So I had to unfollow em all, every one. AIBU to feel a bit miffed that these people are using the idea of sisterhood to make money? They're not our friends, they're just there to sell us stuff that we probably don't need anyway.

Mama don't get sucked into the "Like for like", "comment for comment" crap, and don't let people play the follow/unfollow game with you (where they follow you, you follow back, then they unfollow you to boost their stats). Unless you're interested in someone's content, don't follow them! It clogs up your newsfeed.

Do follow similar blogs. Look at the hashtags they use and the conversations they participate in, and use those hashtags. Try to start discussions with the things you post - what you want is followers who will engage with you and learn from your posts, rather than just passive views and likes :) Your insta sounds brilliant, I've just followed :)

Dozy There's definitely a marked shift once someone "sells out", I noticed it in myself. I was writing just for the sake of writing; literally scouring Facebook mum pages for subjects to write about, to try and keep myself more "relevant" to bring the opportunities in.

The actual blog is dormant at the moment but when I revive it, I want to get back to writing the sort of stuff I write for HuffPost, which is here (ignore the bio, I need to update it - I'm no longer 22 and no longer a "freelance writer", by which I meant desperate blogger ).

He might not be cycling , it's his thing though so thought it an option.

Does anyone know for sure if he's on a career break? The insta income must be pretty good to be able to take such an option.

They're easily raking in £100k apiece doing instawhoring.

Running booze: I follow him for exactly the same reasons! I culled a lots of cryptic narcissists on facebook last year and he is filling the void! Love a hate follow. There's no way I'm unfollowing!

Thanks ovaries, will take a read!

Exactly Langkaw !

The whole thing does make me a bit anxious about the future. It was bad enough with all the reality tv and people wanting instant fame for singing or whatever but now it feels a bit like everyone has to be a brand and promote themselves and you need this amount of followers to feel successful. It's exhausting. I'm 37 and it makes me feel a bit inadequate so god knows what teens feel like and what the future holds for it all.

£100k I'm astonished. And also clearly naive!

I fell for that 'like for a like' crap! Was watching my little pool of followers dwindle so sat with Cub earlier and unfollowed lots of people! Has streamlined things a bit. I don't know how to find all the best instas, just scouting hashtags I imagine.

I can't remember to get my phone out for a snap every second of the day though, that's my downfall. Kind of tricky when my hands are full of wheelchair and iPads or a wobbly kid! I'm impressed they all manage to have a camera glued to their hand for every mundane task! Where's the araldite..

800: that's so true. I follow a lot of people in the fitness industry. I get the impression that to get clients as a personal trainer you now need social media presence rather than experience, this of course means being gorgeous rather than experienced, which is the better prerequisite for someone who is going to train you. It's all about appearance and being zeitgeisty.

I think MOD & FOD will soon become victims of their own success.

They coming across as more grabby with each post they do. MOD Last week, post after post about washing machines - quite clearly attempting to blag a freebie and not for the first time. All the over the top dramas about how difficult it is with four children - yet when FOD went away for a week, MOD couldnt cope and two of them went to granny's. Childcare seems to be pure drudgery to her. The older two daughters are following suit in the love of the camera, you can see them posing.

Bullying posters who don't agree with them. FOD bragging about his 700K posters -,how many are genuine posters and not as a result of bots. They've simply become walking advertisements for products and soon will have reached their best before date.

A friend of mine who lives very near runs her own biz from home and uses insta to promote her biz. I'll say this loudly...DO NOT BELIEVE ALL THAT YOU SEE ON INSTAGRAM. There is instagram and then there is real life

@MamaMagellanic I've just followed your page - it's lovely

Hunter and Heels woman never ever stops smiling. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and watched her vlog about the childrens night time routine, wow just wow is all I can say.

And just looked at MOD's insta-stories from today - delivery of new Miele washing machine and tumble dryer - guessing they were gifted or heavily discounted by the promoting. Then shout-outs for children's bath/skin products with big hints that she was out of the bath wash on two of the products. Then off to a Boden event where no doubt she'll receive some more gifts.

And all this after yesterday's ad for Boots (where she did at least use the ad hashtag).

Is she on you tube bored? May have to give that a watch, I didn't realise she did actual vlogs just the Insta stories wow in a good way or bad way though? logs into you tube

Omg the hunter and heels woman is hilarious with her posing everywhere in pastell colours. I couldn't follow her as her life seems more boring than mine just in better colours. I like to follow people who travel/ travel blogs.

I've just followed you on Insta, Mama - your daughter is gorgeous!

Just stalked hunter and heels woman and saw a pic caption: 'Busy morning trying on holiday clothes'

Not sure she's one for me, tbh

chickaleta Yes! I'm so sick of those cheap-looking Abbot Lyon watches (that I have never heard of off instagram) that everyone has been flogging like mad recently. Why??

'Social influencer' - that's an actual job now

I don't like feathering the empty nest at all, she makes me frosty with glares

Ooh I love this thread! I'm behind the times but for years have had a love/hate relationship with a blogger/instamum/whatever whose daughter was born with down syndrome. She wrote a post about the birth which I read in floods of tears and was instantly hooked by the inspirational story and gorgeous photos. But then all the fame/comments/adoration seemed to go to her head and it all went really OTT...massively staged pictures etc. I then stumbled across a website which was basically pages and pages if people who hated her...dissecting her posts/objecting to her children being centre stage (there was a huge scandal about a butt naked ice cream in the bath photo)/'calling her out' on instagram and being quickly blocked etc etc. I hated myself for reading but couldn't look away. She seems to have found her way a bit more now and is using her platform to support the down syndrome community. But my goodness, The drama!!

Now off to find all the above mentioned people!

Who is the twee family we can't mention?

Hints please!

If i watch FODs insta stories without sound, he reminds me of Wallace (of Wallace and gromit fame)