To not use the swipe up links that people use on insta because I don't want them to benefit from it?

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So I don't usually buy things that I see bring advertised on Instagram...however...on the extremely odd occasion that I do. I absolutely categorically will not but it through their swipe up link because I hate the idea of them making money off of my purchase!! Is this ridiculous of me?? Do you do it? Do you use the swipe up links??

@thedevilinablackdress

If you don't like people advertising stuff, don't follow them. There's plenty of interesting accounts on Instagram not selling anything

Exactly.

Let's be fair here. They are not doing anything different to all the celebs on tv claiming they colour their own hair😂

But that isn’t how it works, they don’t make money from it, it’s just a easier way for you too shop. Instagram is already paid. You pay upfront for the ad and then it’s advertised, Instagram doesn’t get anymore money for it.

Unless you are talking about influencers, then they do get commission on a swipe up

Who cares / why are you asking / do what you want

Etc

Yes it is rediculous of you

I would never use a swipe up link. They install cookies in your browser for up to 30 days so the influencer potentially makes a lot of money out of other things you buy. Also I don’t want them to have analytics on me.
The whole thing is shady. Given under GDPR you need consent for cookies, then it feels like every swipe up link should also have a warning/disclaimer which they don’t.

I’m not a petty see you next Tuesday so of course I use their links

Obvs an influencer! 😜

You’ve benefited from their recommendation but would go out of your way to deny them any recompense for that - why? It’s so petty and selfish.

I'm confused, the high street is dying & book shops have died because so many people browse in store, look, talk to a sales assistant & then leave & buy the product cheaper online. How is this different?

You’ve benefited from their recommendation but would go out of your way to deny them any recompense for that - why? It’s so petty and selfish.

Recompense....it's not like they invented the items. Ffs...

@wonderup

You’ve benefited from their recommendation but would go out of your way to deny them any recompense for that - why? It’s so petty and selfish.

I'm confused, the high street is dying & book shops have died because so many people browse in store, look, talk to a sales assistant & then leave & buy the product cheaper online. How is this different?

I see this as very different. People shop around purely and simply to save money. There is no vindictive element and I’m sure they don’t deliberately choose not to buy something from a shop in order to prevent the bookshop or seller making a commission. That is exactly why the op isn’t buying from the swipe up link. She doesn’t want the influencer to make any commission from her purchase. She isn’t shopping around to save anything for herself, she most likely even buys from the very same website. For whatever reason she just doesn’t want the influencer to gain anything from her purchase. I’m unsure why that is.

I think its petty. You are consuming the media they have made an effort to make (however small) but you begrudge them making money from it. Its a weird attitude to me.

@scubadub

I don't think it's petty, I don't follow any major influencers to be honest. I follow mostly ppl whose work I find interesting etc or celebs I find funny. But what I don't like is that a celeb or someone will come on and be all casually talking about their skin care routine. Only to find that no they are not "just sharing" there is a tiny little *@AD* in the corner and they are banking on you wanting the product for them to make money. It's not their skin care routine at all...it's all a set up. That's what bugs me. As I said I think I have actually bought one thing that I saw on Instagram as I'm not an impulsive, oooh I've got to have that kind of person. And the one thing I did buy I was thinking of getting anyway.

It's extremely petty

For you to go out of your way to spite someone is petty

It doesn't cost you any more money buying from swipe ups and the instagrammer has used their time to post the item so I wouldn't begrudge buying this way. There are so many people making money in different ways. As long as wasn't immoral or grabby. Some of the influencers I follow are very informative and interesting, some of them granted are just grabby and have dubious ethos. That's just me though

YABU, and very petty and spiteful.

I see this as very different. People shop around purely and simply to save money. There is no vindictive element and I’m sure they don’t deliberately choose not to buy something from a shop in order to prevent the bookshop or seller making a commission.

But shopping from Amazon for example instead of an independent book seller drives the book seller out of business & many people do go into a shop specifically up see the item & then shop elsewhere.

For whatever reason she just doesn’t want the influencer to gain anything from her purchase

I don't necessarily have an issue with swiping & buying an item that an influencer recommended I just don't understand why they should profit from say everything I buy from the store in those 30 days or whatever.

If it doesn't cost you any extra to buy from that link what are you losing by doing it?

Yes - they are selling you something, but that's why most of those people are on social media in the first place - to make money via increasing awareness of their brand, getting advertising fees from a 3rd party or actually selling stuff.

But you are not alone - there's tons of psychology research done on how people feel annoyed at someone gaining something even to the point of sacrificing our own gain to stop that happening:

From www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-big-questions/201703/wanting-less-so-long-others-dont-get-more:

A whole host of experiments have asked people in groups of two to divide a small amount of money, like $10. A person is chosen at random to be the initial splitter of the money. They decide how much they want to offer the other person. The other person can then decide to take the money, or to reject the money. If they reject, neither person gets anything. In other words, if you get offered $2 knowing the other person is going to take $8, do you agree? This is a one-time decision, so your choice will not reflect any potential future earnings.

In one study, the initial person was actually in on the experiment, and was told to offer $8 for themselves and $2 for the actual participant, or to offer $6 for themselves, and $4 for the actual participant.

The results – I think – are super interesting. From a purely rational perspective, people should always take the money offered. It shouldn’t matter what the other person is getting or if it is an even split, because any amount of money is more than what you have. And from a rational view, people should maximize their own situation.

But that isn’t what happened. In the U.S. sample, 85 pecent of participants offered $2 rejected it (believing that the other person would get $8). This was the case whether the other person was a friend or a stranger. When the amount was $4, 58 percent of people rejected it they believed a friend was making the offer, and 30 percent rejected if they believed a stranger was making the offer (believing the other person would get $6).

That is, quite a high percentage of people were more willing to take no money than to let the other person take a higher amount of money than them.

I never swipe up, the AD is always tiny or a really pale colour. It’s shady advertising and a lot of the homes are product placement central.

I won't buy from their links either...most of them are grabby and will endorse and promote literally anything if they can earn from it...greedy grasping influencers should get a real life instead of 'influencing' people to buy tat that don't need or want....these people annoy me as much as mlm huns.