To be fed up of Instamums 2

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Personally I don't give a stuff why people put themselves out there. And I enjoy following them.

But fact is many of those insta people have more followers than regional tv programs ( have viewers) in the area I live in. They are in those terms massive influencers. End of.

And their influence can't be discussed? Said which police state?

Sorry but I've read the pages too. And given the amount of pages the bitching is minimal. And super tiny compared to the bitch fest on insta I've seen.

But guess what I'm on both! Like loads on here. I hate the us and them thing going on.

I bloody love insta bloggers but my brain tells me they need to be accountable like everyone else.

Jelly If you're a blogger I probably follow you.

I haven't seen one person say saying anything in the same vein as "did you see the state of [X] in that unflattering outfit...tragic". Why don't you actually give examples of what people have said that you consider to be bitchy, rather than just making comments up? Then at least your suggestion that people are being "bitchy" can be properly considered.

It's called an example, you know, an example of what a bitchy comment is

Sooooo... you haven't read the thread, you've made up a random quote and then had a go at everyone but have no idea what the actual content of the thread is?

Ok then

If you read my comments you'd know the answer to that question MissHenty

I'm not a blogger and after reading this thread I never bloody will be!! No way I'd open up my social media to nasty comments about my bikini body or how cute my children/cats/ other random family members are.

Anyway, enjoy your high brow debate on advertising...I'll be over on insta liking pictures of cute cats and pretty outfits. I'm not hard to find, the name on here is a giveaway and am always happy to have an actual conversation about the impact of social media on advertising and consumer relationships...minus the bitching.

Like, actual face palm.....for those too ignorant or lazy to read my post all of thirty minutes ago....I do not have the time, nor the inclination to trawl through 60+ pages of people saying nasty things about MOD or anybody else. If you can't read between the lines of what I'm saying and get the point, I'm not wasting any more time. Honestly, I despair!

The AD discussion, which was the main point in the original post if I understand it correctly, has been a little lost along the way and more people seem to be annoyed with actual named grammers.
However, for what its worth I thought Id chuck my twopenceworth in.
I love love love instagram and follow all sort of people on there for a wide range of reasons but my 2 two top groups are probably Instamums followed by Crossfit!
FREESTUFF
I get quite cross when they don't post where items are from as I often want to research them and find out more info, and have on numerous occasions made insta-influenced purchases (is that a term?). I'd also like to see a freebie or ad hashtags as I think that has a bearing on your opinion of things when reviewing.
I don't however have a problem with them being given the things in the first place, as some people seem to have. I would snap your arm off for a free holiday or designer dress or even a bottle of gin would go down well. I'd happily share the shit out of the product too, however with only 292 (so close to that 300) I'm not sure I'm quite what brands are looking for!!
MUNDANE DAILY LIFE
Most of the "mundane daily life" stuff is delivered through the stories feature which you have to actually click on to view and can easily be skipped through. I quite like watching it and also creating my own content. (I'm sure there are a group of people somewhere moaning about the amount of times I've feature my dog running through fields like a loon) my stories on the whole are IMPO probably quite dull. BUT GUESS WHAT? I enjoy creating them an will continue to do so.
No I don't need someone to show me how to pack a suitcase but the Konmarie clothes folding and sorting stuff changed my life !!!

I think the whole SV aspect has got totally out of hand. Yes there were some vile things written about MN and in hindsight she probably should have switched off the comments on that picture or taken it down. But MN is not a land of all things rosy in the garden at all times and over the 10 years I've skipped in and out I've had great advice and support at times but have also read things that have made me think its the most judgemental place I've ever been !!! (Never mention your husband doesn't do any washing or ironing unless you want to be directed to the nearest divorce court!! or told your a subservient slave!)

JellyBeanJoJo - the thread washing started as, and took a while to form into, a thread discussing the use of advertising and honestly but that's what the vast majority of people who posted on here were irked by and it's what we're talking about now, for the most part.

To coin a (very popular) phrase - "if you don't like what you're reading you know what you can do..."

Yes you've said how much time you don't' have to waste here yet here you still are being quite cross.

FFS!
• wasn't started as
• honesty

Never mention your husband doesn't do any washing or ironing unless you want to be directed to the nearest divorce court!! or told your a subservient slave

Do you not think that's a good thing? I do.

Oh come on, she called people vitriolic psychos and gave the middle finger. She was the one who escalated it and let her comments devolve into the worst IG has to offer. She called MN a cesspit but her comment section was a disgrace. I unfollowed and would never recommend her now.

Jellybean, unless you ARE Susie Verrill or MOD or one of their close friends, you seem rather unhealthily overinvested in this, I see you have also posted about how stupid we all are on your IG.

Literally nobody has slagged off anyone's bikini body. Noone. We have simply discussed the motivations of one Instamum for posting a picture of her bikini body.

I'm pissed off, irritated, annoyed....there's no need for any of this it's just so silly.
jelly
Why are you so affected by a group having a very reasonable discussion? Even in the first thread where there was a bit of 'oh this person is annoying, or that's annoying or blah that persons perfect' that was pretty much as bad as it got. And it is ok to find people annoying, you've just come on here because you are annoyed by this.
It wasn't deeply personal or about personalities and parenting, and it developed into something more interesting. It's not that people find all these people 'boring' it's that people enjoyed these accounts for what they saw. The ads and marketing have changed things and some accounts seem to have sold out.
Nothing on here was nastier than SV (who I followed on recommendation from the first thread) response and the way she behaved (swiftly unfollowed as way to scary to risk being on the end of that) and the general posting in response to posts about this thread.

Thread now picked up by the Fail, which has seemingly missed the main point entirely....

CrazyLittleCow
Possibly a bit weird taken out of context and def off topic for this thread but it was a thread about division of labour in the house and I happened to mention my other half had done neither of these tasks in the whole 20 years of our relationship. He did and does do other things and works bloody hard while I mainly (at the time) swanned around enjoy my mat leave

Ah the daily mail. Which will now give SJV and co the opportunity to say look we were right, they're as bad as murdoch.

Even though it misses the point, aside from the extra publicity they'll get, it's not really showing them in a great light.

Jeez Jelly how super patronising are you?

Daily Fail has just picked this up...!

‘Insta-mums’ are slammed by ordinary mothers

dailym.ai/2gzr1sv

I quite like a lot of the accounts mentioned here ( I hadn't heard of the Susie one before the previous thread and having now looked wouldn't follow her as she doesn't seem very nice!)

But MFoD both seem like nice normal people? I don't get the hate, if I was an NHS midwife I would take all the freebies I could too! And I am sure if the kids get older and don't want to be on instagram they won't have to be. Millions of people instagram their children. And the recent Portugal holiday you could tell they wouldn't have paid for it themselves-nice but too windy!

Tomanychildren is a nice instagram too and it seems she's been through a tough year (her husband left her so she is a single parent with no job) and any brand help and freebies would be very much needed by her family. And her older children seem very nice and supportive of her.

And courtneyadamos feed is beautiful!
Is the main point they should #ad everything-I think it's obvious that some stuff is free. (Like the washing machines😂)

I guess I don't get this thread. If you dont like "instamums" then don't follow them but I have got some of the best stuff for my children/babies through instagram accounts and none of it is available on the high street. I like instamums accounts!

they start off interesting

then the brand bollox starts

and the unpleasant, condescending comments

authentic myarse

*Is the main point they should #ad everything-I think it's obvious that some stuff is free. (Like the washing machines😂)

I guess I don't get this thread. If you dont like "instamums" then don't follow them *

Personally speaking my beef is that I DO like the Instagram accounts (or at least, I did) but I have recently found myself scrolling through when I have a few minutes, seeing a post by one of them and audibly sighing because it's either another fucking ad or, worse, it looks and feels and reads like an ad but isn't hash tagged as an ad.

The thing with, e.g. the washing machines - so many people didn't know they were freebies - has that even been confirmed?! And it's just post after post after post like that.

I saw Cara Sutherland did a Mazda ad yesterday and Ruth Crilly has done one today and they didn't bother me because a) it couldn't have been clearer that it was an ad and b) they were still done in the tone of the account - Cara Sutherlands one was quite dry and laughing at herself doing a Jeremy Clarkson impression.

Honestly, I agree that if people don't like that sort of thing then they can unfollow but it's the sneaky, is-it-or-isn't-it stuff that's the problem. Or, in the washing machine example, it often doesn't even occur to people that this isn't stuff that's been paid for.

Which raises another interested point - it's easy to keep tabs of what's happening on posts but what about Instastories? If something isn't declared properly it disappears in 24 hours and has the account then got away with not declaring something in the correct way?

Murky, murky, murky

Well I can safely say that neither Mumsnet or the instamums are going to go down well on the Daily Mail comment section.